Integrating genome-wide association study with a multi-tissue transcriptome analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture of teat traits in pigs

Chen Wei; Xiaodian Cai; Shuqi Diao; Jinyan Teng; Zhiting Xu; Wenjing Zhang; Haonan Zeng; Zhanming Zhong; Xibo Wu; Yahui Gao; Jiaqi Li; Zhe Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2023.07.003

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Integrating genome-wide association study with a multi-tissue transcriptome analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture of teat traits in pigs

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2023.07.003

1 State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China;
2 Guangxi Guiken Yongxin Animal Husbandry Group Co. Ltd., Nanning, Guangxi 530016, China;
3 State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China;
4 State Key Laboratory of Swine and Poultry Breeding Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510642, China

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This research was funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (2022YFF1000900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32022078), and supported by the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System (CARS- 35). We greatly thank Professor George E. Liu from the Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory of the USDA-Agricultural Research Service at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) for his valuable contribution in revising the writing and language, the staff of the farm for data collection, and the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou for its computing support.

Received Date: 2023-03-12
Revised Date: 2023-07-03
Accepted Date: 2023-07-05

Available Online: 2023-07-14

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