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Heritability of Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolysis in Standardbred and Thoroughbred Racehorses Derived From SNP Genotyping Data.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Nov 2016
Norton Elaine M, Mickelson James R, Binns Matthew M, Blott Sarah C, Caputo Paul, Isgren Cajsa M, McCoy Annette M, Moore Alison, Piercy Richard J, Swinburne June E, Vaudin Mark, McCue Molly E
Abstract excerpt
Recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER) in Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses is characterized by episodes of muscle rigidity and cell damage that often recur upon strenuous exercise. The objective was to evaluate the importance of genetic factors in RER by obtaining an unbiased estimate of heritability in cohorts of unrelated Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses. Four hundred ninety-one Thoroughbred...
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