Genome-wide association study of osteochondrosis in the tarsocrural joint of Dutch Warmblood horses identifies susceptibility loci on chromosomes 3 and 10

Animal Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 408-412

  Orr, N ^a,e   Hill, E W ^a   Gu, J ^a   Govindarajan, P ^a   Conroy, J ^a   Van Grevenhof, E M ^b   Ducro, B J ^b   Van Arendonk, J A M ^b   Knaap, J H ^c   Van Weeren, P R ^d   Machugh, D E ^a   Ennis, S ^a   Brama, P A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Royal Dutch Sporthorse (KWPN)   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equus caballus; Orthopaedic disease; SNP

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPATHY; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84879689481     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/age.12016     Document Type: Article

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