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Multiple alleles of ACAN associated with chondrodysplastic dwarfism in Miniature horses.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2018
Eberth J E, Graves K T, MacLeod J N, Bailey E
Abstract excerpt
Chondrodysplastic dwarfism in Miniature horses appeared to be a recessive genetic trait based on the occurrence of affected offspring by normal parents. Dwarf phenotypes vary and range from abnormal abortuses to viable offspring with evidence of skeletal dysplasia. A genome-wide association study implicated a region of ECA1 with dwarfism in Miniature horses. Aggrecan (ACAN) was a candidate gene in that region,...
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