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Genetic mapping of litter size. A genome-wide scan (A) reveals a suggestive QTL on chromosome 6 (B) for litter size. Within the confidence interval are several alleles that have decreasing frequency in the inbreeding CC lines and several genes associated with embryonic lethality (C).