Evidence for autosomal recessive inheritance of a major gene for bovine dilated cardiomyopathy.

doi:10.2527/1998.7671824x

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Evidence for autosomal recessive inheritance of a major gene for bovine dilated cardiomyopathy.

Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1998

Dolf G, Stricker C, Tontis A, Martig J, Gaillard C

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The objective of this study was to establish the mode of inheritance of bovine dilated cardiomyopathy (BDCMP). We analyzed a pedigree comprising 75 animals in three age classes and five diagnostic classes based on clinical and pathological findings using the Pedigree Analysis Package. Segregation...

Topics

Age Distribution
Age of Onset
Alleles
Animals
Breeding
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
Cattle
Cattle Diseases
Female
Genes, Recessive
Incidence
Male
Models, Biological
Models, Genetic
Pedigree

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