Evaluation of Three Candidate Genes Affecting Fatty Acid Composition in Pigs

The association of three candidate genes, fatty acid synthase (FASN), microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTTP) and fatty acid binding protein 3 (FABP3), with fatty acid (FA) composition in Duroc pigs was investigated. Identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used for polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism genotyping. The c.265C>T SNP of FASN gene was significantly associated with high levels of palmitoleic acid (C16:1) (pC SNP in the MTTP gene had a significant effect only in elevating the level of palmitoleic acid (C16:1) (p