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Fine mapping of the chicken congenital loco locus on chromosome 12.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Okumura Y, Ohtake T, Uemoto Y, Sato S, Sato S, Kobayashi E
Abstract excerpt
Congenital loco in chicks is characterized by an apparent lack of control of the muscles of the neck. This disorder is inherited as a simple Mendelian recessive disease, caused by an autosomal recessive gene, lo. To date, there are no reports on the localization of this gene. The objective of this study was therefore to identify the genomic region of the lo locus. The experimental congenital loco population used...
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