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Progress on genetic mapping and genetic mechanism of cattle and sheep horns.
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 20 Jan 2021
He Xiao Hong, Jiang Lin, Pu Ya Bin, Zhao Qian Jun, Ma Yue Hui
Abstract excerpt
Horns are cranial appendages, which are unique in ruminants. Cattle (Bos taurus) and sheep (Ovis aries) cranial appendages exhibit various forms of morphology, including wild-type two-horn phenotype, polled phenotype and scur phenotype. These animals provide an ideal model for studies on the underlying relationship between quality and quantitative traits of cattle and sheep horn and the molecular mechanisms of...
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