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

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

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

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

(2011) Satoshi Mikawa et al.   BMC GENETICS

Latent Transforming Growth Factor β-Binding Proteins-2 and -3 Inhibit the Proprotein Convertase 5/6A

(2011) Xiaowei Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Comparative Immunolocalization of the Elastin Fiber–Associated Proteins Fibrillin-1, LTBP-2, and MAGP-1 With Components of the Collagenous and Proteoglycan Matrix of the Fetal Human Intervertebral Disc

(2011) Anthony J. Hayes et al.   SPINE

Growth differentiation factor 11 signaling controls retinoic acid activity for axial vertebral development

(2010) Young Jae Lee et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Mixed linear model approach adapted for genome-wide association studies

(2010) Zhiwu Zhang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

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

(2008) Y. Uemoto et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Quantitative trait locus mapping in an F2 Duroc × Pietrain resource population: II. Carcass and meat quality traits1

(2007) D. B. Edwards et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE