The 80-kb DNA duplication on BTA1 is the only remaining candidate mutation for the polled phenotype of Friesian origin

BACKGROUND: The absence of horns, called polled phenotype, is the favored trait in modern cattle husbandry. To date, polled cattle are obtained primarily by dehorning calves. Dehorning is a practice that raises animal welfare issues, which can be addressed by selecting for genetically hornless cattl...

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Main Authors: Rothammer, Sophie, Capitan, Aurélien, Mullaart, Erik, Seichter, Doris, Russ, Ingolf, Medugorac, Ivica
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4099407/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24993890
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-46-44
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