Expression of <it>PEG11 </it>and <it>PEG11AS </it>transcripts in normal and callipyge sheep

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The callipyge mutation is located within an imprinted gene cluster on ovine chromosome 18. The callipyge trait exhibits polar overdominant inheritance due to the fact that only heterozygotes inheriting a mutant paternal allele (pater...

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Main Authors: Moody Diane E, Hadfield Tracy S, Perkins Allison C, Kramer Lauren N, Bidwell Christopher A, Cockett Noelle E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-08-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/2/17