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OMIA 000147-9913 : Brachygnathia in Bos taurus

In other species: dog , ass , horse , sheep

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: yes

Cross-species summary: Congenital abnormal shortness of the mandible (lower jaw), resulting in protrusion of the maxilla (upper jaw).

Species-specific name: Lethal brachygnathia trisomy syndrome

Species-specific description: This disorder is associated with trisomy 18; it is the only documented example of a recognisable disorder being apparently due to autosomal trisomy in domestic animals.

References


Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
1978 Stur, I., Pinsker, W., Mayr, B. :
Occurrence of brachygnathia inferior in an Austrian Simmental breeding area Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift 65:200-202, 1978.
1974 Herzog, A. :
Autosomal trisomia in lethal brachygnathia of cattle (bovine trisomia brachygnathia syndrome) Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift 81:78-80, 1974. Pubmed reference: 4596257.
1970 Hohn, H., Herzog, A. :
Two additional cases of autosomal trisomy in calves with brachygnathia inferior and other aberrations [German] Giessener Beitr. Erbpathol. Zuchthyg. 3:1 only, 1970.
1969 Mori, M., Sasaki, M., Makino, S., Ishikawa, T., Kawata, K. :
Autosomal trisomy in a malformed newborn calf Proceedings of the Japanese Academy of Science 45:955-959, 1969.
1968 Herzog, A, Hohn, H. :
Autosomale trisomie bei einem Kalb mit Brachygnathia inferior und Ascites congenitus Deutsch Tierartzliche Wochenschr 75:604-606, 1968.
1939 Annett, H.E. :
A note on a new recessive lethal in cattle Journal of Genetics 37:301-302, 1939.

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