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Quantitative trait loci for hip dysplasia in a cross-breed canine pedigree.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Sept 2005
Todhunter Rory J, Mateescu Raluca, Lust George, Burton-Wurster Nancy I, Dykes Nathan L, Bliss Stuart P, Williams Alma J, Vernier-Singer Margaret, Corey Elizabeth, Harjes Carlos, Quaas Richard L, Zhang Zhiwu, Gilbert Robert O, Volkman Dietrich, Casella George, Wu Rongling, Acland Gregory M
Abstract excerpt
Canine hip dysplasia is a common developmental inherited trait characterized by hip laxity, subluxation or incongruity of the femoral head and acetabulum in affected hips. The inheritance pattern is complex and the mutations contributing to trait expression are unknown. In the study reported here, 240 microsatellite markers distributed in 38 autosomes and the X chromosome were genotyped on 152 dogs from three...
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