Analysis Of Polycerate Mutants Reveals The Evolutionary Co-Option Of HOXD1 To Determine The Number And Topology Of Horns In Bovidae
Aurélie Allais‐Bonnet, Aurélie Hintermann, Marie-Christine Deloche, Raphaël Cornette, Philippe Bardou, Marina Naval-Sánchez, Alain Pinton, Ashleigh F. Haruda, Cécile Grohs, József Zákány, Daniele Bigi, Ivica Međugorac, Olivier Putelat, Ockert Greyvenstein, Tracy Hadfield, , Aurélien Capitan
The paper identifies POLYCERATE alleles in sheep and goats linked to defective HOXD1 function, showing haploinsufficiency causes horn bud splitting and highlights HOXD1's role in headgear patterning in Bovidae.
Molecular Biology and Evolution · Jan 29, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics