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A structural UGDH variant associated with standard Munchkin cats.
BMC genetics - 30 Jun 2020
Struck Ann-Kathrin, Braun Marina, Detering Kim Aline, Dziallas Peter, Neßler Jasmin, Fehr Michael, Metzger Julia, Distl Ottmar
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Munchkin cats were founded on a naturally occurring mutation segregating into long-legged and short-legged types. Short-legged cats showed disproportionate dwarfism (chondrodysplasia) in which all four legs are short and are referred as standard Munchkin cats. Long-legged animals are referred as non-standard Munchkin cats. A previous study using genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for...
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