A newly described bovine type 2 scurs syndrome segregates with a frame-shift mutation in TWIST1.

The developmental pathways involved in horn development are complex and still poorly understood. Here we report the description of a new dominant inherited syndrome in the bovine Charolais breed that we have named type 2 scurs. Clinical examination revealed that, despite a strong phenotypic variabil...

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Main Authors: Aurélien Capitan, Cécile Grohs, Bernard Weiss, Marie-Noëlle Rossignol, Patrick Reversé, André Eggen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3141036?pdf=render