A splice donor variant in CCDC189 is associated with asthenospermia in Nordic Red dairy cattle

A splice donor variant in CCDC189 is associated with asthenospermia in Nordic Red dairy cattle

Abstract Background Cattle populations are highly amenable to the genetic mapping of male reproductive traits because longitudinal data on ejaculate quality and dense microarray-derived genotypes are available for thousands of artificial insemination bulls. Two young Nordic Red bulls delivered sperm...

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Main Authors: Terhi Iso-Touru, Christine Wurmser, Heli Venhoranta, Maya Hiltpold, Tujia Savolainen, Anu Sironen, Konrad Fischer, Krzysztof Flisikowski, Ruedi Fries, Alejandro Vicente-Carrillo, Manuel Alvarez-Rodriguez, Szabolcs Nagy, Mervi Mutikainen, Jaana Peippo, Juhani Taponen, Goutam Sahana, Bernt Guldbrandtsen, Henri Simonen, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez, Magnus Andersson, Hubert Pausch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Male infertility
Sterility
Immotile sperm
Cattle
CCDC189
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-5628-y

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