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ArticleJournal of animal science2020

Identification of novel variants and candidate genes associated with porcine bone mineral density using genome-wide association study.

Jiuhong-H Nan, Lilin-L Yin, Zhenshuang-S Tang, Tao Xiang, Guanjun-J Ma, Xinyun-Y Li, Xiaolei-L Liu, Shuhong-H Zhao, Xiangdong-D Liu

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Article in Journal of animal science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jiuhong-H NanKey Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Lilin-L YinKey Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Zhenshuang-S TangKey Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Tao XiangKey Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Guanjun-J MaKey Lab of Swine Healthy Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangxi Yangxiang Co., Ltd., Guigang, Guangxi, P.R. China.
Xinyun-Y LiKey Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Xiaolei-L LiuKey Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Shuhong-H ZhaoKey Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Xiangdong-D LiuKey Lab of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, P.R. China.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pig leg weakness not only causes huge economic losses for producers but also affects animal welfare. However, genes with large effects on pig leg weakness have not been identified and suitable methods to study porcine leg weakness are urgently needed. Bone mineral density (BMD) is an important indicator for determining leg soundness in pigs. Increasing pig BMD is likely to improve pig leg soundness. In this study, porcine BMD was measured using an ultrasound bone densitometer in a population with 212 Danish Landrace pigs and 537 Danish Yorkshires. After genotyping all the individuals using GeneSeek Porcine 50K SNP chip, genetic parameter estimation was performed to evaluate the heritability of BMD. Genome-wide association study and haplotype analysis were also performed to identify the variants and candidate genes associated with porcine BMD. The results showed that the heritability of BMD was 0.21 in Landrace and 0.31 in Yorkshire. Five single-nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 6 identified were associated with porcine BMD at suggestive significance level. Two candidate quantitative trait loci (74.47 to 75.33 Mb; 80.20 to 83.83 Mb) and three potential candidate genes (ZBTB40, CNR2, and Lin28a) of porcine BMD were detected in this study.

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Genome-Wide Association StudyQuantitative Trait LociAnimalsBone DensityHaplotypesPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSwinebone mineral densitycandidate geneheritabilitypigsingle-nucleotide polymorphism

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