A 12 kb multi-allelic copy number variation encompassing a GC gene enhancer is associated with mastitis resistance in dairy cattle.

A 12 kb multi-allelic copy number variation encompassing a GC gene enhancer is associated with mastitis resistance in dairy cattle.

Clinical mastitis (CM) is an inflammatory disease occurring in the mammary glands of lactating cows. CM is under genetic control, and a prominent CM resistance QTL located on chromosome 6 was reported in various dairy cattle breeds. Nevertheless, the biological mechanism underpinning this QTL has be...

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Main Authors: Young-Lim Lee, Haruko Takeda, Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, Latifa Karim, Erik Mullaart, Wouter Coppieters, GplusE consortium, Ruth Appeltant, Roel F Veerkamp, Martien A M Groenen, Michel Georges, Mirte Bosse, Tom Druet, Aniek C Bouwman, Carole Charlier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009331

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009331

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