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ReviewBiology2025

The Development of Horns in Bovidae and the Genetic Mechanisms Underpinning This Process.

Xiaoli Xu, Wenwen Yan, Jiazhong Guo, Dinghui Dai, Li Li, Hongping Zhang

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Review in Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Morphometric Characterization of the Domestic Yak Skull (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xiaoli XuFarm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Wenwen YanFarm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Jiazhong GuoFarm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9773-2280
Dinghui DaiFarm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
Li LiFarm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2459-3499
Hongping ZhangFarm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8290-7041

Funding

Breeding Project of the Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province 2021YFYZ0003Sichuan Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2023NSFSC0232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Horns in Bovidae, including bovines, sheep, and goats, are evolutionarily conserved cranial structures derived from cranial neural crest cells and composed of a bony core, dermis, epidermis, and keratinous sheath. Their development follows a shared trajectory across species, progressing through placode, fleshy, and mature stages. Genetic regulators such as

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bovinegenetic mechanismsgoatshornmorphologysheep

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