Single gene causing extra gaits in horses
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I think you misunderstood
I think you misunderstood something...
From the paper:
[quote]with the exception of horses used for harness racing. Nearly all individuals from other gaited breeds were homozygous mutant, regardless of whether their four-beat alternate gait is characterized by lateral or diagonal couplets (Supplementary Table 1).[/quote]
This is what I think I was
This is what I think I was talking about, basically im getting that jn HZ form horses may have the ability to pace, but not all HZ horses pace, but in hz form, they don't pace at all. " Homozygosity for the mutation is required, but not sufficient for pacing, as many Standardbred trotters and some Icelandic horses that are homozygous mutant do not pace. In mice, a complete loss of Dmrt3 on one allele does not lead to any detectable phenotype, whereas in Icelandic horses, heterozygosity for the DMRT3_Ser301STOP mutation promotes tölt, supporting our hypothesis that the mutant protein in horses acts as a dominant negative form"
Oops! The only lab performing
Oops! The only lab performing the test right now is charging a whopping $380... ymwhisle
http://www.slu.se/en/faculties/vh/depar…
Fantastic news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fantastic news!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited! :bounce I have been waiting for this discovery for YEARS! :-BD Thank you so much for sharing! :HB
Edit: Found the full article!
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4…