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Fine-mapping the POLL locus in Brahman cattle yields the diagnostic marker CSAFG29.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2012
Mariasegaram Maxy, Harrison Blair E, Bolton Jennifer A, Tier Bruce, Henshall John M, Barendse William, Prayaga Kishore C
Abstract excerpt
The POLL locus has been mapped to the centromeric region of bovine chromosome 1 (BTA1) in both taurine breeds and taurine-indicine crosses in an interval of approximately 1 Mb. It has not yet been mapped in pure-bred zebu cattle. Despite several efforts, neither causative mutations in candidate genes nor a singular diagnostic DNA marker has been identified. In this study, we genotyped a total of 68 Brahman cattle...
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