Dwarfism with joint laxity in Friesian horses is associated with a splice site mutation in B4GALT7

BACKGROUND: Inbreeding and population bottlenecks in the ancestry of Friesian horses has led to health issues such as dwarfism. The limbs of dwarfs are short and the ribs are protruding inwards at the costochondral junction, while the head and back appear normal. A striking feature of the condition...

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Autores principales: Leegwater, Peter A., Vos-Loohuis, Manon, Ducro, Bart J., Boegheim, Iris J., van Steenbeek, Frank G., Nijman, Isaac J., Monroe, Glen R., Bastiaansen, John W. M., Dibbits, Bert W., van de Goor, Leanne H., Hellinga, Ids, Back, Willem, Schurink, Anouk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27793082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3186-0

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