Article
Worldwide frequency distribution of the 'Gait keeper' mutation in the DMRT3 gene.
Animal genetics - 1 Apr 2014
Promerová M, Andersson L S, Juras R, Penedo M C T, Reissmann M, Tozaki T, Bellone R, Dunner S, Hořín P, Imsland F, Imsland P, Mikko S, Modrý D, Roed K H, Schwochow D, Vega-Pla J L, Mehrabani-Yeganeh H, Yousefi-Mashouf N, G Cothran E, Lindgren G, Andersson L
Abstract excerpt
For centuries, domestic horses have represented an important means of transport and served as working and companion animals. Although their role in transportation is less important today, many horse breeds are still subject to intense selection based on their pattern of locomotion. A striking example of such a selected trait is the ability of a horse to perform additional gaits other than the common walk, trot...
Topics
- Animals
- Codon, Nonsense
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Gait
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Horses
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Selection, Genetic