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We thank Prof. Lusheng Huang for his great help in the design and conceiving of the experiment, the data analysis and interpretation, the manuscript writing and revision. This work was supported by grants from the National Swine Industry and Technology System of China (nycytx-009) and Guangdong Sail Plan Introduction of Innovative and Entrepreneurship Research Team Program (2016YT03H062).
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Tong, X., Huang, T., Zhang, M. et al. Four genetic loci affecting swine lung lesions identified by whole-genome sequencing-based association studies. Sci. China Life Sci. 64, 1571–1574 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1826-x
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