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A frameshift mutation in GON4L is associated with proportionate dwarfism in Fleckvieh cattle.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 31 Mar 2016
Schwarzenbacher Hermann, Wurmser Christine, Flisikowski Krzysztof, Misurova Lubica, Jung Simone, Langenmayer Martin C, Schnieke Angelika, Knubben-Schweizer Gabriela, Fries Ruedi, Pausch Hubert
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Low birth weight and postnatal growth restriction are the most evident symptoms of dwarfism. Accompanying skeletal aberrations may compromise the general condition and locomotion of affected individuals. Several paternal half-sibs with a low birth weight and a small size were born in 2013 in the Fleckvieh cattle population. RESULTS: Affected calves were strikingly underweight at birth in spite of a...
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