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Ovine congenital myotonia associated with a mutation in the muscle chloride channel gene.
Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) - 1 Apr 2015
Monteagudo Luis Vicente, Tejedor María Teresa, Ramos Juan José, Lacasta Delia, Ferrer Luis Miguel
Abstract excerpt
Congenital myotonia (CM) is characterised by a delay in muscular relaxation after sudden contractions. In a recent outbreak of ovine CM affecting 1% of new-born lambs in a Spanish flock of Rasa Aragonesa sheep, a comparative pathology approach was taken: because a mutation in the muscle chloride channel gene (CLCN1) was identified as responsible for CM in goats, the same gene was sequenced in the affected lambs....
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