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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
34
Citations
4295
World Ranking
1874
National Ranking
51

Best Publications

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

    Huashui Ai;Xiaodong Fang;Bin Yang;Zhiyong Huang

  • Genetic Diversity, Linkage Disequilibrium and Selection Signatures in Chinese and Western Pigs Revealed by Genome-Wide SNP Markers

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  • Population history and genomic signatures for high-altitude adaptation in Tibetan pigs

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  • Genetic correlation of fatty acid composition with growth, carcass, fat deposition and meat quality traits based on GWAS data in six pig populations

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  • A comprehensive survey of copy number variation in 18 diverse pig populations and identification of candidate copy number variable genes associated with complex traits

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  • A global view of porcine transcriptome in three tissues from a full-sib pair with extreme phenotypes in growth and fat deposition by paired-end RNA sequencing

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  • A large-scale comparison of meat quality and intramuscular fatty acid composition among three Chinese indigenous pig breeds

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  • A missense mutation in PPARD causes a major QTL effect on ear size in pigs.

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  • Genome-wide association analyses reveal significant loci and strong candidate genes for growth and fatness traits in two pig populations.

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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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  • Genome-wide association analyses for meat quality traits in Chinese Erhualian pigs and a Western Duroc × (Landrace × Yorkshire) commercial population

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  • Genome-wide detection of genetic markers associated with growth and fatness in four pig populations using four approaches

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  • Susceptibility towards enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli F4ac diarrhea is governed by the MUC13 gene in pigs

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  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Meat Quality Traits in a White Duroc×Erhualian F2 Intercross and Chinese Sutai Pigs

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

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

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  • Genetic architecture of fatty acid composition in the longissimus dorsi muscle revealed by genome-wide association studies on diverse pig populations.

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

    Nengshui Ding;Nengshui Ding;Yuanmei Guo;Christoph Knorr;Junwu Ma

  • Detection of quantitative trait loci for growth- and fatness-related traits in a large-scale White Duroc · Erhualian intercross pig population

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  • The fine-scale genetic structure and selection signals of Chinese indigenous pigs

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