A PLAG1 mutation contributed to stature recovery in modern cattle
The recent evolution of cattle is marked by fluctuations in body size. Height in the Bos taurus lineage was reduced by a factor of ~1.5 from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages, and increased again only during the Early Modern Ages. Using haplotype analysis, we found evidence that the bovine PLAG1 muta...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5719367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29215042 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17127-1 |