Refinement of a quantitative trait locus on equine chromosome 5 responsible for fetlock osteochondrosis in Hanoverian warmblood horses

Animal Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 553-555

  Lampe, V ^a   Dierks, C ^a   Distl, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Horse; Horse chromosome 5; Osteochondrosis; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; FOOT DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; FOOT DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 67849102150     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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