A genome-wide SNP-association study confirms a sequence variant (g.66493737C>T) in the equine myostatin (MSTN) gene as the most powerful predictor of optimum racing distance for Thoroughbred racehorses.
Hill
Emmeline W
EW
Animal Genomics Laboratory, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. emmeline.hill@ucd.ie
McGivney
Beatrice A
BA
Gu
Jingjing
J
Whiston
Ronan
R
Machugh
David E
DE