Integrating sequence-based GWAS and comparative genomic analysis reveals conservation and species-specificity of putative functional variants influencing tail length and tail abnormalities in pigs and sheep

• Xuying Zhang ,

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

  * E-mail: Xuying.Zhang@agrar.uni-giessen.de (XZ); Sven.Koenig@agrar.uni-giessen.de (SK)

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9137-7393

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• Johanna Mainzer,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Isabella Giambra,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Tong Yin,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany, Zhejiang Key Lab of Cow Genetics Improvement and Milk Quality Research, Wenzhou, P.R. China

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• Petra Engel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Hannah Hümmelchen,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Clinic for Reproductive Medicine and Neonatalogy, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Henrik Wagner,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Clinic for Reproductive Medicine and Neonatalogy, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Axel Wehrend,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Clinic for Reproductive Medicine and Neonatalogy, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Christiane Egerer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Clinic for Swine, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Katharina Gerhards,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Clinic for Swine, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Gerald Reiner,

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

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Clinic for Swine, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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• Sven König

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

  * E-mail: Xuying.Zhang@agrar.uni-giessen.de (XZ); Sven.Koenig@agrar.uni-giessen.de (SK)

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

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