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Heather A. Finlayson

Roslin Institute

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A frameshift mutation in PRICKLE1 causes skeletal dysplasia in Cheviot sheep

Oswald Matika, Megan G. Davey, Jorge del Pozo, Heather A. Finlayson, Colin Farquharson, Denis J. Headon, James Kijas, Lynn McTeir, Cameron Batho-Samblas, Elizabeth Watson, Valentina Riggio, Jeffrey J. Schoenebeck, Tobias Schwarz, Katherine Ann Staines, Ricardo Pong‐Wong, , Alan L. Archibald

The paper identifies a 10 bp deletion in PRICKLE1 causing skeletal dysplasia in Cheviot sheep and develops a DNA test to eliminate the mutation.

bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research

Amanda Warr, Nabeel Ahmed Affara, Bronwen L. Aken, Hamid Beiki, Derek M. Bickhart, Konstantinos Billis, William Chow, Lél Eöry, Heather A. Finlayson, Paul Flicek, Carlos G Girón, Darren Karl Griffin, Richard J. Hall, Greg Hannum, Thibaut Hourlier, , Alan L. Archibald

The paper presents improved pig reference genomes using long-read sequencing, enhancing continuity and accuracy for pig genetics and genomics research.

GigaScience · Jun 1, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics

Balancing selection at a premature stop mutation in the myostatin gene underlies a recessive leg weakness syndrome in pigs

Oswald Matika, Diego Robledo, Ricardo Pong‐Wong, Stephen Christopher Bishop, Valentina Riggio, Heather A. Finlayson, Natalie R Lowe, Annabelle E. Hoste, Grant A. Walling, Jorge del Pozo, Alan L. Archibald, John Arthur Woolliams, Ross D. Houston

The paper identifies a recessive leg weakness syndrome in pigs caused by a premature stop mutation in the MSTN gene, showing balancing selection due to heterozygous advantage.

PLoS Genetics · Jan 30, 2019Peer-reviewedGenetics