Associations between candidate gene markers at a quantitative trait locus on equine chromosome 4 responsible for osteochondrosis dissecans in fetlock joints of South German Coldblood horses

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Wittwer, Catherine ^a   Dierks, Claudia ^a   Hamann, Henning ^a   Distl, Ottmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACYLOOXYACYL HYDROLASE GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GERMANY; HORSE; JOINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC MARKERS; HORSES; JOINTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 41149162604     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm106     Document Type: Article

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