Identification of a new quantitative trait locus on equine chromosome 18 responsible for osteochondrosis in Hanoverian warmblood horses

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3477-3481

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equine chromosome 18; Equus caballus; Horse; Osteochondrosis; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 70350268413     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-1946     Document Type: Article

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