Lack of significant associations with early career performance suggest no link between the DMRT3 "Gait Keeper" mutation and precocity in Coldblooded trotters.

The Swedish-Norwegian Coldblooded trotter (CBT) is a local breed in Sweden and Norway mainly used for harness racing. Previous studies have shown that a mutation from cytosine (C) to adenine (A) in the doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor 3 (DMRT3) gene has a major impact on harness raci...

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Main Authors: Kim Jäderkvist Fegraeus, Chameli Lawrence, Katrine Petäjistö, Maria K Johansson, Maja Wiklund, Christina Olsson, Leif Andersson, Lisa S Andersson, Knut H Røed, Carl-Fredrik Ihler, Eric Strand, Gabriella Lindgren, Brandon D Velie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5425215?pdf=render