Six SNPs and a TTG Indel in Sheep Desmoglein 4 Gene Are in Complete Linkage Disequilibrium

    July 2011 in “ AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ”
    Ge Zhang, Yue-Hui Ma, Yuanyue Zhang … Jianlin Han
    Studysummary This study identified genetic variations in the DSG4 gene among sheep, revealing valuable markers for assessing their impact on wool traits.
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