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Functional confirmation of PLAG1 as the candidate causative gene underlying major pleiotropic effects on body weight and milk characteristics.
Scientific reports - 21 Mar 2017
Fink Tania, Tiplady Kathryn, Lopdell Thomas, Johnson Thomas, Snell Russell G, Spelman Richard J, Davis Stephen R, Littlejohn Mathew D
Abstract excerpt
A major pleiotropic quantitative trait locus (QTL) located at ~25 Mbp on bovine chromosome 14 affects a myriad of growth and developmental traits in Bos taurus and indicus breeds. These QTL have been attributed to two functional variants in the bidirectional promoter of PLAG1 and CHCHD7. Although...
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