Categories: Muscle phene

Mendelian trait/disorder: no

Mode of inheritance: Multifactorial

Disease-related: yes

Key variant known: no

Species-specific name: also known as Swan Neck, Turkey Neck, and Upside-down Neck

Species-specific description: Ripolles et al. :2020): "Ewe Neck is one of the disqualifying morphological defects in PRE [Pura Raza Español] horses."

Inheritance: Ripolles et al (2020) estimated a heritability coefficient for Ewe Neck score ranging from 0.23 to 0.34.

Breed: Purebred Spanish (Horse) (VBO_0001056).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. (If a likely causal variant has been documented for the phene, see the variant table breeds in which the variant has been reported).