Grey, Curly, and Short-Haired Swiss Holstein Cattle Show Genetic Traces of the Simmental Breed

    September 2020 in “ Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde
    M. M. Hauser, S. Wolf-Hofstetter, F. Acklin-Menzi, Erich Studer, D. Rediger, Franz R. Seefried, Cord Drögemüller
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    Studysummary This study found that Swiss cattle exhibiting rat-tail syndrome are heterozygous for genetic variants linked to pigmentation and color dilution, likely due to Holstein introgression in the Simmental breed.
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