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Genetic epidemiology of blood type, disease and trait variants, and genome-wide genetic diversity in over 11,000 domestic cats.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2022
Anderson Heidi, Davison Stephen, Lytle Katherine M, Honkanen Leena, Freyer Jamie, Mathlin Julia, Kyöstilä Kaisa, Inman Laura, Louviere Annette, Chodroff Foran Rebecca, Forman Oliver P, Lohi Hannes, Donner Jonas
Abstract excerpt
In the largest DNA-based study of domestic cats to date, 11,036 individuals (10,419 pedigreed cats and 617 non-pedigreed cats) were genotyped via commercial panel testing elucidating the distribution and frequency of known disease, blood type, and physical trait associated genetic variants across cat breeds. This study provides allele frequencies for many disease-associated variants for the first time and...
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