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Genetics of swayback in American Saddlebred horses.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2010
Cook D, Gallagher P C, Bailey E
Abstract excerpt
Extreme lordosis, also called swayback, lowback or softback, can occur as a congenital trait or as a degenerative trait associated with ageing. In this study, the hereditary aspect of congenital swayback was investigated using whole genome association studies of 20 affected and 20 unaffected American Saddlebred (ASB) Horses for 48,165 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A statistically significant association...
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