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KDM2B is implicated in bovine lethal multi-organic developmental dysplasia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Testoni Stefania, Bartolone Elena, Rossi Marco, Patrignani Andrea, Bruggmann Rémy, Lichtner Peter, Tetens Jens, Gentile Arcangelo, Drögemüller Cord
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In the last decade breeders of Romagnola cattle observed an outbreak of a new congenital anomaly. This lethal multi-organ developmental dysplasia is mainly characterized by facial deformities, ascites and hepatic fibrosis. Affected stillborn calves were inbred to a single founder sire suggesting autosomal monogenic recessive inheritance. We localized the causative mutation to a 1.2 Mb interval on BTA 17 by...
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