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Inherited abnormalities of skeletal development in sheep.
Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) - 1 Sept 2008
Thompson K G, Piripi S A, Dittmer K E
Abstract excerpt
Inherited diseases of the skeleton are reported less often in sheep than in most other domestic animal species but are likely to occur more frequently than the veterinary literature would suggest. Although most are lethal or semi-lethal, the gene frequency for some of these diseases has reached surprisingly high levels in defined populations, presumably due either to the founder effect or the presence of a...
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