Amputated: a recessive lethal in cattle

AMPUTATED: A RECESSIVE LETHAL IN CATTLE

  • In Swedish Holstein Friesian cattle, there is a recessive gene producing condition described as “amputated” which when homozygous results in calves without legs and parrot jaws.

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