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Mapping the four-horned locus and testing the polled locus in three Chinese sheep breeds.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2016
He Xiaohong, Zhou Zhengkui, Pu Yabin, Chen Xiaofei, Ma Yuehui, Jiang Lin
Abstract excerpt
Four-horned sheep are an ideal animal model for illuminating the genetic basis of horn development. The objective of this study was to locate the genetic region responsible for the four-horned phenotype and to verify a previously reported polled locus in three Chinese breeds. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed using 34 two-horned and 32 four-horned sheep from three Chinese indigenous breeds:...
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