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A pedigree-based genetic appraisal of Boxer ARVC and the role of the Striatin mutation.
The Veterinary record - 9 May 2015
Cattanach B M, Dukes-McEwan J, Wotton P R, Stephenson H M, Hamilton R M
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this paper was to investigate by pedigree-based genetic means the origins and inheritance of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) in UK Boxers and assess the role of the proposed causal mutation in the gene, Striatin (STRN). All ARVC cases traced back to a small number of imported American dogs deriving from the group of Boxers studied by Harpster (1983) to define the disease,...
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