A new reciprocal translocation in a hypoprolific boar.docVIP

A new LN.R.A., Laboratoire de Cytogénétique Centre National de Recherches Zootechniques, F 78350 Jouy-en-Josas LN.R.A., Station de Génétique quantitative et appliquée F 78350 Jouy-en-Josas C.N.R.Z., In France, boars are classified by the National Program for Sow Herd Management, according to the size of the litters produced. All boars with an average of less than 8 live-born piglets, from at least 6 litters, are cytogenetically examined. Since 1979, three different reciprocal translocations have been identified by our laboratory in the hypoprolific group. A reciprocal trans