Xin Liu

TL;DR: F ROH can be used to accurately assess individual inbreeding levels compared to other inbreeding coefficient estimators and can provide an alternative to inbreeding estimates in the absence of pedigree records.

TL;DR: Analysis of the 15 annotated genes that were identified in three haplotype blocks indicated that HMGA1 and PPARD, which are expressed in limbs and influence chondrocyte cell growth and differentiation, could be considered as relevant biological candidates for limb bone length in pig, with potential applications in breeding programs.

TL;DR: The porcine MSRB3 owned a 3,765-bp full-length cDNA sequence and was detected to express in ear tissue and two SNPs of this gene were shown to be significantly associated with ear size in a Large White’× Minzhu intercross population instead of Beijing Black pig population.

TL;DR: LTBP2, which encodes a latent transforming growth factor beta binding protein, was previously reported to indirectly regulate the activity of growth differentiation factor Gdf11, which has been shown to increase the number of ribs in knock-out mice, is proposed as a good new candidate gene for number of rib number in the pig population.

TL;DR: The functional analysis of the genes with tissue-specific editing sites in each tissue revealed that RNA editing might play important roles in tissue function, and further evidence supporting a previous observation that pig transcriptomes are highly editable at PRE-1 elements is provided.