Communications Biology (Dec 2022)
Common protein-coding variants influence the racing phenotype in galloping racehorse breeds
- Haige Han,
- Beatrice A. McGivney,
- Lucy Allen,
- Dongyi Bai,
- Leanne R. Corduff,
- Gantulga Davaakhuu,
- Jargalsaikhan Davaasambuu,
- Dulguun Dorjgotov,
- Thomas J. Hall,
- Andrew J. Hemmings,
- Amy R. Holtby,
- Tuyatsetseg Jambal,
- Badarch Jargalsaikhan,
- Uyasakh Jargalsaikhan,
- Naveen K. Kadri,
- David E. MacHugh,
- Hubert Pausch,
- Carol Readhead,
- David Warburton,
- Manglai Dugarjaviin,
- Emmeline W. Hill
Affiliations
- Haige Han
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Equine Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, Equine Research Center, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
- Beatrice A. McGivney
- Plusvital Ltd, The Highline, Dun Laoghaire Business Park
- Lucy Allen
- Royal Agricultural University
- Dongyi Bai
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Equine Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, Equine Research Center, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
- Leanne R. Corduff
- Plusvital Ltd, The Highline, Dun Laoghaire Business Park
- Gantulga Davaakhuu
- Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
- Jargalsaikhan Davaasambuu
- Ajnai Sharga Horse Racing Team
- Dulguun Dorjgotov
- School of Industrial Technology, Mongolian University of Science and Technology
- Thomas J. Hall
- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin
- Andrew J. Hemmings
- Royal Agricultural University
- Amy R. Holtby
- Plusvital Ltd, The Highline, Dun Laoghaire Business Park
- Tuyatsetseg Jambal
- School of Industrial Technology, Mongolian University of Science and Technology
- Badarch Jargalsaikhan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences
- Uyasakh Jargalsaikhan
- Ajnai Sharga Horse Racing Team
- Naveen K. Kadri
- Animal Genomics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2
- David E. MacHugh
- UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin
- Hubert Pausch
- Animal Genomics, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2
- Carol Readhead
- Biology and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology
- David Warburton
- The Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
- Manglai Dugarjaviin
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Equine Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, Equine Research Center, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
- Emmeline W. Hill
- Plusvital Ltd, The Highline, Dun Laoghaire Business Park
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04206-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 16
Abstract
A genome-wide analysis in galloping racehorse breeds identifies protein-altering genetic variants in a core set of genes that appear to determine attributes for racing, including muscle, neurobiological, and metabolic advantages.
