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Inheritance of ectopic ureters in Entlebucher Mountain Dogs.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Apr 2014
Fritsche R, Dolf G, Schelling C, Hungerbuehler S O, Hagen R, Reichler I M
Abstract excerpt
To test the hypothesis of a heritable base of ectopic ureters (EU) in Entlebucher Mountain Dogs (EMD) and to elucidate associated risk factors and mode of inheritance of the disease, 565 EMD were clinically investigated and population genetic analyses performed. Based on the location of the most caudal termination of the ureteral openings, 552 EMD were classified into three phenotype groups trigone,...
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