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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
45
Citations
7141
World Ranking
823
National Ranking
24

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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  • Expanded catalog of microbial genes and metagenome-assembled genomes from the pig gut microbiome

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  • Prevotella copri increases fat accumulation in pigs fed with formula diets

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  • Uncovering the composition of microbial community structure and metagenomics among three gut locations in pigs with distinct fatness

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  • Genome-wide SNP data unveils the globalization of domesticated pigs

    Bin Yang;Leilei Cui;Miguel Pérez-Enciso;Aleksei Traspov

  • Integrating Y-Chromosome, Mitochondrial, and Autosomal Data to Analyze the Origin of Pig Breeds

    Óscar Ramírez;A. Ojeda;A. Tomás;David Gallardo

  • 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 Splice Mutation in the PHKG1 Gene Causes High Glycogen Content and Low Meat Quality in Pig Skeletal Muscle

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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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  • Age-based dynamic changes of phylogenetic composition and interaction networks of health pig gut microbiome feeding in a uniformed condition.

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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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  • 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 identification of quantitative trait loci for carcass composition and meat quality in a large-scale White Duroc × Chinese Erhualian resource population

    J. Ma;J. Ren;Y. Guo;Y. Duan

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

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  • Contribution of Host Genetics to the Variation of Microbial Composition of Cecum Lumen and Feces in Pigs

    Congying Chen;Xiaochang Huang;Shaoming Fang;Hui Yang

  • 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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  • Unravelling the genetic loci for growth and carcass traits in Chinese Bamaxiang pigs based on a 1.4 million SNP array

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