Gene mutation causes juvenile mortality in calves

Based on genome data, breeders and scientists are able to determine which hereditary factors and which genetic diseases cattle pass on to their offspring. A mutation located on chromosome 19, for example, is responsible for recurring respiratory diseases and juvenile mortality in calves. For the first-time a team of experts led by Hubert Pausch of the Technical University of Munich have now discovered that the gene mutation causing the early deaths occurred many cattle generations ago.
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