Title
Two Novel Cases of Autosomal Translocations in the Horse: Warmblood Family Segregating t(4;30) and a Cloned Arabian with a de novo t(12;25)
Date Issued
01 April 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ghosh S.
Carden C.F.
Juras R.
Jevit M.J.
Castaneda C.
Phelps O.
Dube J.
Kelley D.E.
Varner D.D.
Love C.C.
Raudsepp T.
Publisher(s)
S. Karger AG
Abstract
We report 2 novel autosomal translocations in the horse. In Case 1, a breeding stallion with a balanced t(4p;30) had produced normal foals and those with congenital abnormalities. Of his 9 phenotypically normal offspring, 4 had normal karyotypes, 4 had balanced t(4p;30), and 1 carried an unbalanced translocation with tertiary trisomy of 4p. We argue that unbalanced forms of t(4p;30) are more tolerated and result in viable congenital abnormalities, without causing embryonic death like all other known equine autosomal translocations. In Case 2, two stallions produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer from the same donor were karyotyped because of fertility issues. A balanced translocation t(12q;25) was found in one, but not in the other clone. The findings underscore the importance of routine cytogenetic screening of breeding animals and animals produced by assisted reproductive technologies. These cases will contribute to molecular studies of translocation breakpoints and their genetic consequences in the horse.
Start page
688
End page
697
Volume
160
Issue
December 11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Genética, Herencia Biología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85098206907
PubMed ID
Source
Cytogenetic and Genome Research
ISSN of the container
14248581
Sponsor(s)
The study was funded by Texas A&M Molecular Cytogenetics service.
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