Background Carcass length is very important for body size and meat production for swine,
thus understanding the genetic mechanisms that underly this trait is of great significance in …

Reproductive performance is a complex quantitative trait, that is determined by multiple
genes, regulatory pathways and environmental factors. A list of major genes with large effect …

Simple Summary Whole-genome resequencing was performed on five Shanghai local pig
breeds, aiming to analyze their population's genetic structure and genomic characteristics …

Simple Summary In this study, the pairwise fixation index (FST) and π ratio (case/control)
genetic parameters were used to identify the genes that influence the body size of pigs and …

Motivation. In biological sequence analysis, alignment-free (also known as k-mer-based)
methods are increasingly replacing mapping-and alignment-based methods for various …

Background Currently, diverse minipigs have acquired a common dwarfism phenotype
through independent artificial selections. Characterizing the population and genetic diversity …

Background Göttingen Minipigs (GMP) is the smallest commercially available minipig breed
under a controlled breeding scheme and is globally bred in five isolated colonies. The …

The Jiangquhai (JQ) pig breed is one of the most widely recognized pig populations in
China due to its unique and dominant characteristics. In this study, we examined the extent …

Litter size is an important economic trait in pig production. However, the genetic
mechanisms underlying varying litter size in Guangxi Bama Xiang pigs remain unknown. To …

The high-fertility Meishan pig is currently categorized into medium sized (MMS) and small
sized (SMS) based on body size. To identify causal genes responsible for the variation in …