Phenotypes

In a remarkable indication of the power of whole-genome sequence analysis, Daetwyler et al. (2014) identified a causal mutation for this disorder in Holstein Friesian cattle as a missense mutation (g.32475732G>A [UMD3.1 reference sequence]; p.Gly960Arg, omia.variant:223) in the COL2A1 gene (which encodes the alpha-1 chain of type II collagen), by comparing the sequence of only two affected calves with sequence from bulls in the 1000-bull-ge...

Vaiman et al. (2022): "The genome of two affected animals was sequenced ... . ... two fully linked mutations in exon 24 of the MYH3 (myosin heavy chain) gene were detected: a 1-bp non-synonymous substitution (BTA19:g.29609623A>G) and a 11-bp frameshift deletion (BTA19:g.29609605-29609615del). These two mutations were specific to the Limousine breed, with an estimated allele frequency of 2.4% and are predicted to be deleterious. ... mRNA and...

In a remarkable indication of the power of modern genomic tools, Hofstetter et al. (2017) reported a novel form of curly coat in a single Brown Swiss calf, the offspring of two normal-coated parents. By whole-genome sequencing of the calf and its sire and dam, followed by informed interrogation of the sequence data (as described below), these authors were able to identify a likely causal variant in a gene which, when mutated in humans, gives r...