Article
Linkage of hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis in quarter horses to the horse adult skeletal muscle sodium channel gene.
Animal genetics - 1 Jan 1992
Rudolph J A, Spier S J, Byrns G, Hoffman E P
Abstract excerpt
A genetic disease observed in certain Quarter horses is hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis (HYPP). This disease causes attacks of paralysis which can be induced by ingestion of potassium. Recent studies have shown that HYPP in humans is due to single base changes within the adult skeletal muscle sodium channel gene. A large Quarter horse pedigree segregating dominant HYPP was studied to determine if mutations of...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Horse Diseases
- Horses
- Hyperkalemia
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscles
