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

Table 3 Genotypes at the insertion polymorphism in the 3′-UTR of RXFP2 for sheep from breeds with variable horn status (sample set 3)

Horn status of breed	Breed	Sheep (n)	Horn status of animals	Sex	Genotypes (n)
Horn status of breed	Breed	Sheep (n)	Horn status of animals	Sex	anc/anc	anc/der	der/der
Variable horn status of males and females	Bavarian forest	9	Horned	Male	6	3
		3	Horned	Female	1	2
		1	Horned^a	Female		1
		1	Polled	Male			1
		4	Polled	Female		3	1
		2	Scurred	Male		2
		3	Scurred	Female		3
Variable horn status of males and females	Alpines Steinschaf	6	Horned	Male	6
		6	Horned	Female	6
		2	Horned^b	Male		2
		1	Polled	Male		1
		8	Polled	Female		7	1
		1	Scurred	Male			1
Males horned, females variable	Walachenschaf	5	Horned	Male	4	1
		5	Horned	Female	5
		3	Horned^b	Female	2	1
Males horned, females usually polled	Cres sheep	2	Polled	Female	1	1
Males horned, females usually polled	Krk sheep	3	Polled	Female			3
Variable horn status of males and females	Travnička Pramenka	2	Horned	Male	2
		12	Horned	Female	12
		7	Horned^b	Female	6	1
		5	Polled	Male		4	1
		15	Polled	Female	13	2
		2	Scurred	Female	2
Variable horn status of males and females	Bovec-like (Krainer Steinschaf)	5	Horned	Male			5
		5	Horned	Female			5
		1	Horned^b	Male			1
		3	Polled	Male			3
		8	Polled	Female			8
		1	Scurred	Female			1
Variable horn status of males and females	Dorper	8	Horned	Male			8
		6	Polled	Male			6
		3	Scurred	Male			3
		7	Scurred	Female			7
Males horned, females polled	Cameroon sheep	9	Horned	Male	11
		1	Polled	Male		1
		13	Polled	Female	10	2

anc ancestral allele, der = derived allele (with 1780 bp-insertion), n number
^aRight horned, left scurred
^bHorn rudiments

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