Polymorphism of VRTN Gene g.20311_20312ins291 Was Associated with the Number of Ribs, Carcass Diagonal Length and Cannon Bone Circumference in Suhuai Pigs

Association of Twelve Candidate Gene Polymorphisms with the Intramuscular Fat Content and Average Backfat Thickness of Chinese Suhuai Pigs

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Association of polymorphisms in NR6A1 ,PLAG1 and VRTN with the number of vertebrae in Chinese Tongcheng × Large White crossbred pigs

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VRTN is Required for the Development of Thoracic Vertebrae in Mammals

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Rapid Communication: High-resolution quantitative trait loci analysis identifies LTBP2 encoding latent transforming growth factor beta binding protein 2 associated with thoracic vertebrae number in a large F2 intercross between Landrace and Korean native pigs1

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Genome-wide study refines the quantitative trait locus for number of ribs in a Large White × Minzhu intercross pig population and reveals a new candidate gene

(2016) Long-Chao Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Possible introgression of the VRTN mutation increasing vertebral number, carcass length and teat number from Chinese pigs into European pigs

(2016) Jie Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

A study of vertebra number in pigs confirms the association of vertnin and reveals additional QTL

(2015) Gary A. Rohrer et al.   BMC GENETICS

Allelic frequencies of NR6A1 and VRTN, two genes that affect vertebrae number in diverse pig breeds: A study of the effects of the VRTN insertion on phenotypic traits of a Duroc×Landrace–Large White cross

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Effect of VRTN gene polymorphisms on Duroc pig production and carcass traits, and their genetic relationships

(2014) Hikaru Nakano et al.   ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Genome-Wide Association Studies Identify the Loci for 5 Exterior Traits in a Large White × Minzhu Pig Population

(2014) Ligang Wang et al.   PLoS One

A Further Look at Porcine Chromosome 7 Reveals VRTN Variants Associated with Vertebral Number in Chinese and Western Pigs

(2013) Yin Fan et al.   PLoS One

Genomic regions affecting backfat thickness and cannon bone circumference identified by genome-wide association study in a Duroc pig population

(2012) Naohiko Okumura et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Mapping and fine mapping of quantitative trait loci for the number of vertebrae in a White Duroc × Chinese Erhualian intercross resource population

(2012) D. R. Ren et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Association of swine vertnin (VRTN) gene with production traits in Duroc pigs improved using a closed nucleus breeding system

(2012) Kensuke Hirose et al.   ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Identification of a second gene associated with variation in vertebral number in domestic pigs

(2011) Satoshi Mikawa et al.   BMC GENETICS

Quantitative trait loci analysis on Sus scrofa chromosome 7 for meat production, meat quality, and carcass traits within a Duroc purebred population

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