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Identification of brachyspina syndrome carriers in Chinese Holstein cattle.
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc - 1 Jul 2013
Fang Lingzhao, Li Yanhua, Zhang Yi, Sun Dongxiao, Liu Lin, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Shengli
Abstract excerpt
Brachyspina syndrome (BS) is a rare monogenic autosomal recessive hereditary disorder identified in the Holstein breed caused by a 3.3-kb deletion in the bovine Fanconi anemia complementation group I (FANCI) gene on chromosome 21. In previous reports, the BS mutant allele was identified in North American and European Holstein populations. Because frozen semen and embryos have been imported into China from such...
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