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Insight into unique somitogenesis of yak (Bos grunniens) with one additional thoracic vertebra.
BMC genomics - 4 Mar 2020
Wang Yu, Cai Haoyang, Luo Xiaolin, Ai Yi, Jiang Mingfeng, Wen Yongli
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BACKGROUND: The yak is a species of livestock which is crucial for local communities of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and adjacent regions and naturally owns one more thoracic vertebra than cattle. Recently, a sub-population of yak termed as the Jinchuan yak has been identified with over half its members own a thoracolumbar vertebral formula of T15L5 instead of the natural T14L5 arrangement. The novel T15L5...
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