Balancing selection of a frame-shift mutation in the MRC2 gene accounts for the outbreak of the Crooked Tail Syndrome in Belgian Blue Cattle. [electronic resource]
- PLoS genetics Sep 2009
- e1000666 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
1553-7404
10.1371/journal.pgen.1000666 doi
Animals Base Pairing--genetics Base Sequence Belgium--epidemiology Cattle--genetics Cattle Diseases--epidemiology Codon, Nonsense--genetics Computer Simulation Disease Outbreaks Frameshift Mutation--genetics Gene Expression Regulation Heterozygote Membrane Glycoproteins--genetics Molecular Sequence Data Open Reading Frames--genetics Organ Size Organ Specificity Penetrance RNA Stability--genetics RNA, Messenger--genetics Receptors, Mitogen--genetics Selection, Genetic Sequence Deletion