Genome-wide association studies and meta-analysis uncovers new candidate genes for growth and carcass traits in pigs

• Iulia Blaj ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: iblaj@tierzucht.uni-kiel.de

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8744-3415

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• Jens Tetens,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Functional Breeding Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany

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• Siegfried Preuß,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Breeding, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Jörn Bennewitz,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Husbandry and Breeding, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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• Georg Thaller

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany

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