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Effect of piglet birth weight on survival and quality of commercial market swine by Fix, J.S., Cassady, J.P., Holl, J.W., Herring, W.O., Culbertson, M.S., See, M.T.

“…The objective of this study was to determine the effect of individual piglet birth weight on mortality and pig quality in a U.S. commercial production system…”
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Effect of piglet birth weight on body weight, growth, backfat, and longissimus muscle area of commercial market swine by Fix, J.S., Cassady, J.P., Herring, W.O., Holl, J.W., Culbertson, M.S., See, M.T.

“…The objective of this study was to estimate the effect of piglet birth weight on future BW, growth, backfat, and longissimus muscle area of pigs in a…”
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Genetic study of individual preweaning mortality and birth weight in Large White piglets using threshold-linear models by Arango, J., Misztal, I., Tsuruta, S., Culbertson, M., Holl, J.W., Herring, W.

“…Individual records from 49,788 Large White piglets were used to evaluate preweaning mortality and its relationship with birth weight (BW). Preweaning mortality…”
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Estimates of genetic parameters among scale activity scores, growth, and fatness in pigs by Holl, J.W, Rohrer, G.A, Brown-Brandl, T.M

“…Genetic parameters for scale activity score (AS) were estimated from generations 5, 6, and 7 of a randomly selected, composite population composed of Duroc,…”
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Relationships among calpastatin single nucleotide polymorphisms, calpastatin expression and tenderness in pork longissimus by Lindholm-Perry, A.K, Rohrer, G.A, Holl, J.W, Shackelford, S.D, Wheeler, T.L, Koohmaraie, M, Nonneman, D

“…Genome scans in the pig have identified a region on chromosome 2 (SSC2) associated with tenderness. Calpastatin is a likely positional candidate gene in this…”
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genome scan for quantitative trait loci and imprinted regions affecting reproduction in pigs by Holl, J.W, Cassady, J.P, Pomp, D, Johnson, R.K

“…Quantitative trait loci for reproductive traits in a three-generation resource population of a cross between low-indexing pigs from a control line and…”
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Estimates of genetic parameters for kyphosis in two crossbred swine populations by Holl, J.W, Rohrer, G.A, Shackelford, S.D, Wheeler, T.L, Koohmaraie, M

“…Genetic parameters for degree of kyphosis were estimated from a Duroc-Landrace F₂ population (n = 316) and from a composite population (line C) composed of…”
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Results from nine generations of selection for increased litter size in swine by Holl, J.W, Robison, O.W

“…Direct selection for increased litter size was done for nine generations. The select line consisted of approximately 15 sires and 60 dams per generation, and…”
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Incidence of splayleg pigs in Nebraska litter size selection lines by Holl, J.W, Johnson, R.K

“…Genetic parameters for the splayleg (SL) condition were estimated from 37,673 records of pigs from six lines derived from a Large White-Land-race base…”
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Responses to 19 generations of litter size selection in the NE Index line. II. Growth and carcass responses estimated in pure line and crossbred litters by Petry, D.B, Holl, J.W, Johnson, R.K

“…Our objective was to estimate responses in growth and carcass traits in the NE Index line (I) that was selected for 19 generations for increased litter size…”
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