Progress in porcine genomics

In this review, I will discuss the current status of porcine genomic studies and progress towards a complete, publicly available genome sequence for the pig. I will also describe an example of a successful European gene identification project which has proceeded all the way from broadly mapped quantitative trait locus (QTL) in the pig, through positional candidate gene identification to identification the mutation the so-called quantitative trait nucleotide (QTN) responsible for an effect on growth and muscle deposition. Finally I will briefly describe some recent work in my laboratory which has eliminated a candidate gene for androstenone-related boar taint.