A genome-wide scan for candidate lethal variants in Thoroughbred horses.
Evelyn T. Todd, Peter Campbell Thomson, Natasha Anne Hamilton, Rachel A. Ang, Gabriella Lindgren, Å. Viklund, S. Eriksson, Sofia Mikko, Eric Strand, Brandon D. Velie
This study identifies a candidate recessive lethal variant in the LY49B gene in Thoroughbred horses, associated with high heterozygosity and absence of homozygotes.
Scientific Reports · Aug 4, 2020Peer-reviewedBioinformatics