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SNP-based association mapping of Arachnomelia in Fleckvieh cattle.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2011
Seichter D, Russ I, Förster M, Medugorac I
Abstract excerpt
Bovine arachnomelia is an inherited congenital disorder with malformation mainly of the limbs, the vertebral column and the skull, following a monogenic autosomal recessive heredity. Despite almost identical pathological findings, arachnomelia has previously been mapped to bovine chromosome 23 and 5 in Fleckvieh and Braunvieh respectively. Therefore, this disorder may be an example of locus heterogeneity in...
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