Transcription profiling provides insights into gene pathways involved in horn and scurs development in cattle 英文论文文献.docVIP

Mariasegaram et al. BMC Genomics 2010, 11:370 /1471-2164/11/370 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Transcription profiling provides insights into gene Research article pathways involved in horn and scurs development in cattle Maxy Mariasegaram1, Antonio Reverter1, Wes Barris1, Sigrid A Lehnert1, Brian Dalrymple1 and Kishore Prayaga*1,2 Abstract Background: Two types of horns are evident in cattle - fixed horns attached to the skull and a variation called scurs, which refers to small loosely attached horns. Cattle lacking horns are referred to as polled. Although both the Poll and Scurs loci