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T-Locus (tailless)

Turnaround: 1-2 weeks

Original price £30.00 - Original price £30.00
Original price
£30.00
£30.00 - £30.00
Current price £30.00

The T-Locus is a region of your dog's DNA which determines whether they have a genetic bobtail (tailless) or not.

The bobtail is caused by a mutation in the T gene. Bobtail is autosomal dominant meaning that a dog only needs to inherit one copy of the mutation to have a genetic bobtail. Dogs which inherit two copies of the bobtail mutation will die in utero and therefore not survive to birth.

 

 

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Scientific references

Hytonen MK, Grall A, Hedan B, Dreano S, Seguin SJ, Delattre D, Thomas A, Galibert F et al (2009) Ancestral T-box mutation is present in many, but not all, short-tailed dog breeds. J. Hered. 100, 236-240