Wattles in goats are associated with the FMN1/GREM1 region on chromosome 10

The presence of congenital appendages (wattles) on the throat of goats is supposed to be under genetic control with a dominant mode of inheritance. Wattles contain a cartilaginous core covered with normal skin resembling early stages of extremities. To map the dominant caprine wattles (W) locus, we...

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Main Authors: Reber, I., Keller, I., Becker, D., Flury, C., Welle, M., Drögemüller, C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5024000/