Genomic analysis establishes correlation between growth and laryngeal neuropathy in Thoroughbreds

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Boyko, Adam R ^a   Brooks, Samantha A ^a   Behan Braman, Ashley ^b   Castelhano, Marta ^a   Corey, Elizabeth ^a   Oliveira, Kyle C ^a   Swinburne, June E ^c,d   Todhunter, Rory J ^a   Zhang, Zhiwu ^a   Ainsworth, Dorothy M ^a   Robinson, Norman E ^b  

^a Department of Biomedical Sciences Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Animal DNA Diagnostics LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Equus caballus; Genome wide association study (GWAS); Haplotype; Horse; Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN); Thoroughbred

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN 2A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HORSE; LARYNGEAL NEUROPATHY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MONONEUROPATHY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; STALLION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 84899485322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-259     Document Type: Article

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