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A de novo missense mutation of FGFR2 causes facial dysplasia syndrome in Holstein cattle.
BMC genetics - 2 Aug 2017
Agerholm Jørgen S, McEvoy Fintan J, Heegaard Steffen, Charlier Carole, Jagannathan Vidhya, Drögemüller Cord
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BACKGROUND: Surveillance for bovine genetic diseases in Denmark identified a hitherto unreported congenital syndrome occurring among progeny of a Holstein sire used for artificial breeding. A genetic aetiology due to a dominant inheritance with incomplete penetrance or a mosaic germline mutation was suspected as all recorded cases were progeny of the same sire. Detailed investigations were performed to...
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