Balanced Chromosomal Rearrangements Associated with Hypoprolificacy in Australian Boars (Sus scrofa domesticus).

ABSTRACT: Balanced chromosomal rearrangements, mainly reciprocal translocations, are considered to be the causative agent of several clinical conditions in farmed pigs, resulting in hypoprolificacy and economic losses. Literature suggests that reciprocal translocations are heritable and can occur de novo. The prevalence rate of these balanced structural rearrangements of chromosomes differs from country to country and varies between 0.5% and 3.3%. The Australian pig population is descendent of a small founder population and has since been a closed genetic group since the 1980s. Hence, any incident of reciprocal translocation along with the pedigree of boars that contribute sperm for artificial insemination has the potential to have an economic consequence. To date, there has been no published accoun

SUBMITTER: Shams F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8394656 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature