A Non-Coding Genomic Duplication at the HMX1 Locus Is Associated with Crop Ears in Highland Cattle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Koch, Caroline Tina ^a   Bruggmann, Rémy ^a   Tetens, Jens ^b   Drögemüller, Cord ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CROP EAR; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HMX1 GENE; NONHUMAN; SWITZERLAND; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMINANT GENE; EXTERNAL EAR; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; EAR, EXTERNAL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84885977574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077841     Document Type: Article

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