Acknowledgments
Access to primer sequences was provided by Dr. Graham Plastow of the PIC International Group, UK, Dr. Max Rothschild and Kwan-Suk Kim of Iowa State University, and Ms. Eli Grindflek of the Agricultural University of Norway.
The technical assistance of Ms. Eli Grindflek, Ms. Jeannine Helm, and Dr. Stephan Marklund at Iowa State University was greatly appreciated. Thanks to Dr. Michael Davis of The Ohio State University for statistical advice.
Partial funding and access to animals were provided by: The Ohio State University Department of Animal Sciences, The National Pork Producers Council, the National Swine Registry, the Hampshire Swine Registry, the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, as well as by Hatch Act and State of Iowa funds.