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A de novo germline mutation in MYH7 causes a progressive dominant myopathy in pigs.
BMC genetics - 15 Nov 2012
Murgiano Leonardo, Tammen Imke, Harlizius Barbara, Drögemüller Cord
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: About 9% of the offspring of a clinically healthy Piétrain boar named 'Campus' showed a progressive postural tremor called Campus syndrome (CPS). Extensive backcross experiments suggested a dominant mode of inheritance, and the founder boar was believed to be a gonadal mosaic. A genome-scan mapped the disease-causing mutation to an 8 cM region of porcine chromosome 7 containing the MHY7 gene. Human...
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