Latitude-driven adaptive evolution of body length in diverse pig breeds across China
These results enrich the pig genome pool, offer a comprehensive understanding of genetic architecture for Chinese pig breeds, and shed light on the correlation between latitude and body length of adaptive evolution of Chinese pigs.
Authors
- Kaixin Fei
- Qibin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6135-8706)
- Yanzhi Jiang
- Dai Shan
- Xiaojun Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7092-2535)
- Zhengyin Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4019-9881)
- Yifei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2371-4036)
- Yujing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5440-5343)
- Ran Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9321-9500)
- Ting Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9710-564X)
- Xukun Zhang
- Yuwei Gou
Institutions
- BGI Group (China) (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Sichuan Agricultural University (CN)
- Neijiang Normal University (CN)
- BGI Genomics
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-06-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02265-0
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.63