Allelic heterogeneity of crooked tail syndrome: Result of balancing selection?

Animal Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 604-607

  Sartelet, A ^a   Klingbeil, P ^b   Franklin, C K ^b   Fasquelle, C ^a   Geron S ^a   Isacke, C M ^b   Georges, M ^a   Charlier, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belgian Blue Cattle; Crooked Tail Syndrome; CTS; Endo180; MRC2

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ENDO180; LECTIN; LECTIN RECEPTOR; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, MITOGEN; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84865864137     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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