Genetics Selection Evolution

Table 1 Genotypes at the insertion polymorphism in the 3′-UTR of RXFP2 for sheep from completely polled and completely horned breeds (sample set 1)

From: The 1.78-kb insertion in the 3′-untranslated region of RXFP2 does not segregate with horn status in sheep breeds with variable horn status

Horn status of breeds	Breed	Genotypes (n)
Horn status of breeds	Breed	anc/anc	anc/der	der/der
Completely polled	Barbados Black Belly		3^a	7
	Bentheimer^b			4
	Charollais			3
	Coburger			18
	East Friesian (White)^b			20
	German Blackheaded Mutton			20
	German Brown Mountain			4
	German White Mountain^b			20
	Ile de France			3
	Merinolandschaf			20
	Pomeranian Coarsewool^b		1^a	18
	Rhön^b			20
	Rouge du Roussillon			4
	Shropshire			4
	Suffolk			17
	Texel			20
	White Polled Heidschnucke^b			2
Completely horned	Grey Horned Heidschnucke^b	26
	Racka	7
	Roux du Valais^b	2
	Scottish Blackface^b	18
	Soay^c	9
	Valais Blacknose^b	18
	White Horned Heidschnucke^b	2
	Wiltshire Horn^b	2

anc ancestral allele, der derived allele (with the 1.78-kb insertion), n number
^aFemale(s)
^bTwo animals of this breed were also used for sequencing
^cOriginating from a completely horned population

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