Mapping and Exome Sequencing Identifies a Mutation in the IARS Gene as the Cause of Hereditary Perinatal Weak Calf Syndrome

• Takashi Hirano ,

  * E-mail: t3hirano@nodai.ac.jp

  Affiliations Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Fukushima, Japan, Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Naohiko Kobayashi,

  Affiliation Hida Beef Cattle Research Department, Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Gifu, Japan

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• Tamako Matsuhashi,

  Affiliation Hida Beef Cattle Research Department, Gifu Prefectural Livestock Research Institute, Gifu, Japan

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• Daisaku Watanabe,

  Affiliation School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Kitasato University, Aomori, Japan

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• Toshio Watanabe,

  Affiliation National Livestock Breeding Center, Fukushima, Japan

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• Akiko Takasuga,

  Affiliation National Livestock Breeding Center, Fukushima, Japan

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• Mayumi Sugimoto,

  Affiliation National Livestock Breeding Center, Fukushima, Japan

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• Yoshikazu Sugimoto

  Affiliation Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Fukushima, Japan

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