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ArticlePloS one2013

Novel insights into the bovine polled phenotype and horn ontogenesis in Bovidae.

Aurélie Allais-Bonnet, Cécile Grohs, Ivica Medugorac, Stefan Krebs, Anis Djari, Alexander Graf, Sébastien Fritz, Doris Seichter, Aurélia Baur, Ingolf Russ and 39 more

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

49 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Aurélie Allais-BonnetInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR 1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
Cécile Grohs
Ivica Medugorac
Stefan Krebs
Anis Djari
Alexander Graf
Sébastien Fritz
Doris Seichter
Aurélia Baur
Ingolf Russ
Stéphan Bouet
Sophie Rothammer
Per Wahlberg
Diane Esquerré
Chris Hoze
Mekki Boussaha
Bernard Weiss
Dominique Thépot
Marie-Noëlle Fouilloux
Marie-Noëlle Rossignol
Este van Marle-Köster
Gunnfríður Elín Hreiðarsdóttir
Sarah Barbey
Dominique Dozias
Emilie Cobo
Patrick Reversé
Olivier Catros
Jean-Luc Marchand
Pascal Soulas
Pierre Roy
Brigitte Marquant-Leguienne
Daniel Le Bourhis
Laetitia Clément
Laura Salas-Cortes
Eric Venot
Maëlle Pannetier
Florence Phocas
Christophe Klopp
Dominique Rocha
Michel Fouchet
Laurent Journaux
Carine Bernard-Capel
Claire Ponsart
André Eggen
Helmut Blum
Yves Gallard
Didier Boichard
Eric Pailhoux
Aurélien Capitan
Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative · FRInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique · MALudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEInstitut de l’Elevage · FRThe Icelandic Physiotherapy Association · ISUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite massive research efforts, the molecular etiology of bovine polledness and the developmental pathways involved in horn ontogenesis are still poorly understood. In a recent article, we provided evidence for the existence of at least two different alleles at the Polled locus and identified candidate mutations for each of them. None of these mutations was located in known coding or regulatory regions, thus adding to the complexity of understanding the molecular basis of polledness. We confirm previous results here and exhaustively identify the causative mutation for the Celtic allele (PC) and four candidate mutations for the Friesian allele (PF). We describe a previously unreported eyelash-and-eyelid phenotype associated with regular polledness, and present unique histological and gene expression data on bovine horn bud differentiation in fetuses affected by three different horn defect syndromes, as well as in wild-type controls. We propose the ectopic expression of a lincRNA in PC/p horn buds as a probable cause of horn bud agenesis. In addition, we provide evidence for an involvement of OLIG2, FOXL2 and RXFP2 in horn bud differentiation, and draw a first link between bovine, ovine and caprine Polled loci. Our results represent a first and important step in understanding the genetic pathways and key process involved in horn bud differentiation in Bovidae.

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AllelesAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCattleChromosome MappingForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenetic VariationGenotypeGoatsHornsMutationPhenotypeReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSheepBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsForkhead Transcription FactorsReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID23717440
PMCPMC3661542
OpenAlexW2096917465

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