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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Published in:BMC Genomics
Main Authors: 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
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084406/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27793082
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-3186-0
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