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Long- and short-haired Weimaraner dogs represent two populations of one breed.
Electrophoresis - 1 May 2005
Schrameyer Tanja, Dekomien Gabriele, Pasternack Sandra M, Reinartz Benedikt S, Santos Eduardo J M, Epplen Jörg T
Abstract excerpt
Weimaraners represent an old breed of hunting dogs. Today, two coat types are commonly distinguished, the more common short-hair (SH) and the long-hair (LH) variety, the latter having arisen from the SH Weimaraners. In order to analyze genetic variation in the coat varieties, we genotyped nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the ABCA4 gene locus as well as six highly variable microsatellites scattered...
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