Chromosomal imbalance in pigs showing a syndromic form of cleft palate

Abstract Background Palatoschisis or cleft palate is a known anomaly in pigs resulting in their death. However, little is known about its aetiology. A detailed description of the phenotype was derived from necropsy and by computed tomography revealing that all 20 cases also exhibited hypodontia and...

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Main Authors: Alexander Grahofer, Anna Letko, Irene Monika Häfliger, Vidhya Jagannathan, Alain Ducos, Olivia Richard, Vanessa Peter, Heiko Nathues, Cord Drögemüller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Pig
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-5711-4