Translocations associated with colour-sidedness are common in northern Swedish cattle breeds

Abstract The Swedish Mountain cattle and four other native Swedish cattle breeds show the phenotype of colour-sidedness. The causes of this phenotype are either a translocation and duplication from chromosome 6 to chromosome 29 (known as Cs29) including the KIT gene, or an additional translocation a...

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Main Authors: Julia Hinken, Tytti Vanhala, Marta Gòdia, Martin Johnsson, Anna M. Johansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:Hereditas
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41065-025-00481-w
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