Integrating genomics and transcriptomics reveals candidate genes affecting loin muscle area in Huaxi cattle

• Qingqing Xue ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qingqing Xue, Lili Du

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, Heilongjiang, China, Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Lili Du ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Qingqing Xue, Lili Du

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Tianyu Deng,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Mang Liang,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Keanning Li,

  Roles Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Li Qian,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Shiyuan Qiu,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Yan Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Xue Gao,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Lingyang Xu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Zezhao Wang,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Caihong Zheng,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Lupei Zhang,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Junya Li,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Huijiang Gao

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gaohuijiang@caas.cn

  Affiliation Department of Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5502-2528

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