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Fine-mapping and identification of candidate causal genes for tail length in the Merinolandschaf breed.
Communications biology - 6 Sept 2022
Lagler Dominik Karl, Hannemann Elisabeth, Eck Kim, Klawatsch Jürgen, Seichter Doris, Russ Ingolf, Mendel Christian, Lühken Gesine, Krebs Stefan, Blum Helmut, Upadhyay Maulik, Medugorac Ivica
Abstract excerpt
Docking the tails of lambs in long-tailed sheep breeds is a common practice worldwide. But this practice is associated with pain. Breeding for a shorter tail could offer an alternative. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the natural tail length variation in the Merinolandschaf and to identify causal alleles for the short tail phenotype segregating within long-tailed breeds. We used SNP-based association...
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