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Pig genomics for biomedicine

The newly released swine genome assembly will aid research on disease models and xenotransplantation.

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Figure 1: Use of the swine genome for selective breeding and genetic engineering.

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Prather, R. Pig genomics for biomedicine. Nat Biotechnol 31, 122–123 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2490

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