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A coding SNP of LHX4 gene is associated with body weight and body length in bovine.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jan 2010
Ren G, Chen H, Zhang L Z, Lan X Y, Wei T B, Li M J, Jing Y J, Lei C Z, Wang J Q
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygous mutations in LHX4 are associated with combined pituitary hormone deficiency. In this study, the polymorphism of LHX4-HaeIII locus was revealed in 822 individuals from four Chinese cattle breeds. The PCR-RFLP analysis showed that there were three genotypes: GG, GA, AA. The frequencies of genotype GG ranged from 0.6620 to 0.9789 in analyzed populations. The genotypic frequencies of LHX4 locus in the...
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