This gene, the estrogen receptor gene has been mapped to chromosome 1. Results demonstrated a 1.5 to 2.1 pig advantage for animals heterozygous or homozygous for the favorable allele. In another paper, Edfors-Lilja et al. Additional markers were found on chromosome 8 which were associated with other measures related to natural immunity. These results demonstrated that QTL detection has come a long way since the last Congress four years ago.
Database developments continue to move along nicely.
Some of the new changes in the database will be discussed at our September meeting. A large number of new users have signed up for the database. At present, nodes for the database exist in the U.S., Scotland and New Zealand. This is a topic for our NC-210 meeting in September. Please plan to attend if you are a NC-210 member or an interested industry person.