Recombination events restored the functional horned haplotypes in the offspring of polled parents
We show that different genomic arrangements in the POLLED locus can lead to the emergence of de novo ancestral horn phenotypes. Such arrangements can complicate phenotype prediction in offspring, even when sires or dams have been tested as genetically homozygous polled. Therefore, it is important, for a better understanding of the relationship between the POLLED locus and the POLLED phenotype, that any deviation from the expected result is critically analysed. Possibly, some of these cases can further narrow down the sequence motif that is essential for polledness in cattle.
Authors
- Alexander Graf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4435-6861)
- Ingolf Ruß
- Neža Pogorevc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2369-3829)
- Maulik Upadhyay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-0021)
- Ivica Međugorac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6891-3039)
- Doris Seichter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-1134)
- S. Meier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4386-7734)
- Stefan Krebs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0677-8003)
Institutions
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- ID Genomics (United States) (US)
- Munich Security Conference (DE)
- Synergetics (Belgium) (BE)
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Genetics Selection Evolution
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-025-01009-6
- Primary Topic
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00