Mapping 
the pig 
genome 
using SNPs

Many metaphors can be used when exploring the porcine genome. Is it a long road which needs signs, a forest with a tremendous amount of trees or a large haystack in which needles need to be found? A ‘Quick-SNP’ approach helps. By Vincent ter Beek   The paradox of analysing ever more and deeper is also that there is more to understand. If there is one area in pig production in which this paradox has become apparent, it must be the area of genetics. With techniques having developed rapidly ov