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

Yin Fan; Yuyun Xing; Zhiyan Zhang; Huashui Ai; Zixuan Ouyang; Jing Ouyang; Ming Yang; Pinghua Li; Yijie Chen; Jun Gao; Lin Li; Lusheng Huang; Jun Ren

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062534

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

Yin Fan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Fan, Yuyun Xing

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Yuyun Xing ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Fan, Yuyun Xing

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Zhiyan Zhang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Huashui Ai,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Zixuan Ouyang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Jing Ouyang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Ming Yang,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Pinghua Li,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Yijie Chen,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Jun Gao,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Lin Li,

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Lusheng Huang ,

* E-mail: lushenghuang@hotmail.com (LH); renjunjxau@hotmail.com (JR)

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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Jun Ren

* E-mail: lushenghuang@hotmail.com (LH); renjunjxau@hotmail.com (JR)

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Animal Biotechnology of Jiangxi Province and the Ministry of Agriculture of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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A Further Look at Porcine Chromosome 7 Reveals VRTN Variants Associated with Vertebral Number in Chinese and Western Pigs

Yin Fan,
Yuyun Xing,
Zhiyan Zhang,
Huashui Ai,
Zixuan Ouyang,
Jing Ouyang,
Ming Yang,
Pinghua Li,
Yijie Chen,
Jun Gao

Published: April 24, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062534

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