The candidate gene XIRP2 at a quantitative gene locus on equine chromosome 18 associated with osteochondrosis in fetlock and hock joints of south german coldblood horses

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-486

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Horse; Osteochondrosis; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; XIRP2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; HINDLIMB; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; XIRP2 GENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 67650295965     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp006     Document Type: Article

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