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Arachnomelia in Brown Swiss cattle maps to chromosome 5.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Jan 2009
Drögemüller Cord, Rossi Marco, Gentile Arcangelo, Testoni Stefania, Jörg Hannes, Stranzinger Gerald, Drögemüller Michaela, Glowatzki-Mullis Marie-Louise, Leeb Tosso
Abstract excerpt
Arachnomelia in Brown Swiss cattle is a monogenic autosomal recessive inherited congenital disorder of the skeletal system giving affected calves a spidery look (OMIA ID 000059). Over a period of 20 years 15 cases were sampled in the Swiss and Italian Brown cattle population. Pedigree data revealed that all affected individuals trace back to a single acknowledged carrier founder sire. A genome scan using 240...
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