Article
The effect of the 'Gait keeper' mutation in the DMRT3 gene on gaiting ability in Icelandic horses.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2014
Kristjansson T, Bjornsdottir S, Sigurdsson A, Andersson L S, Lindgren G, Helyar S J, Klonowski A M, Arnason T
Abstract excerpt
A nonsense mutation in DMRT3 ('Gait keeper' mutation) has a predominant effect on gaiting ability in horses, being permissive for the ability to perform lateral gaits and having a favourable effect on speed capacity in trot. The DMRT3 mutant allele (A) has been found in high frequency in gaited breeds and breeds bred for harness racing, while other horse breeds were homozygous for the wild-type allele (C). The...
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