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A homozygous missense mutation in the fibroblast growth factor 5 gene is associated with the long-hair trait in Angora rabbits.
BMC genomics - 2 Jun 2023
Fatima Nazira, Jia Linying, Liu Baoning, Li Lu, Bai Liang, Wang Weirong, Zhao Sihai, Wang Rong, Liu Enqi
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BACKGROUND: Rabbits are well-domesticated animals. As a crucial economic animal, rabbit has been successfully bred into wool-use, meat-use and fur-use breeds. Hair length is one of the most economically important traits affecting profitability in wool rabbits. In this study, to identify selection signatures with the long-hair trait, whole-genomic resequencing of long-haired rabbits (Angora rabbits) and...
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