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Coat Color Roan Shows Association with KIT Variants and No Evidence of Lethality in Icelandic Horses.
Genes - 22 Jun 2020
Voß Katharina, Tetens Julia, Thaller Georg, Becker Doreen
Abstract excerpt
Roan (Rn) horses show a typical seasonal change of color. Their body is covered with colored and white hair. We performed a descriptive statistical analysis of breeding records of Icelandic horses to challenge the hypothesis of roan being lethal in utero under homozygous condition. The roan to non-roan ratio of foals from roan × roan matings revealed homozygous roan Icelandic horses to be viable. Even though roan...
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