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

Adaptation and possible ancient interspecies introgression in pigs identified by whole-genome sequencing

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

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ANGSD: Analysis of Next Generation Sequencing Data

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Genomic analysis reveals selection for Asian genes in European pigs following human-mediated introgression

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Evaluation of effects of multiple candidate genes (LEP,LEPR,MC4R,PIK3C3, andVRTN) on production traits in Duroc pigs

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MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

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Genome-Wide Association Analyses for Fatty Acid Composition in Porcine Muscle and Abdominal Fat Tissues

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

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Signatures of Diversifying Selection in European Pig Breeds

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

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

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Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

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Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

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Improved whole-chromosome phasing for disease and population genetic studies

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Strong signatures of selection in the domestic pig genome

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

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Evolutionary study of a potential selection target region in the pig

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A linkage map of the porcine genome from a large-scale White Duroc × Erhualian resource population and evaluation of factors affecting recombination rates

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Genome-wide QTL mapping for three traits related to teat number in a White Duroc × Erhualian pig resource population

(2009) Nengshui Ding 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

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

Technical note: Prediction of breeding values using marker-derived relationship matrices

(2008) B. J. Hayes et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

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

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