Ectopic KIT Copy Number Variation Underlies Impaired Migration of Primordial Germ Cells Associated with Gonadal Hypoplasia in Cattle (Bos taurus)

• Heli Venhoranta ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heli Venhoranta, Hubert Pausch

  * E-mail: heli.venhoranta@helsinki.fi

  Affiliation Department of Production Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Saarentaus, Finland

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• Hubert Pausch ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Heli Venhoranta, Hubert Pausch

  Affiliation Chair of Animal Breeding, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

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• Michal Wysocki,

  Affiliation Chair of Animal Breeding, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

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• Izabela Szczerbal,

  Affiliation Department of GeneticsandAnimal Breeding, University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland

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• Reetta Hänninen,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki and Folkhälsan Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland

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• Juhani Taponen,

  Affiliation Department of Production Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Saarentaus, Finland

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• Pekka Uimari,

  Affiliation Agrifood Research Finland, MTT, Biotechnology and Food Research, Jokioinen, Finland

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• Krzysztof Flisikowski,

  Affiliation Chair of Livestock Biotechnology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

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• Hannes Lohi,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Research Programs Unit, Molecular Neurology, University of Helsinki and Folkhälsan Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland

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• Ruedi Fries,

  Affiliation Chair of Animal Breeding, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

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• Marek Switonski,

  Affiliation Department of GeneticsandAnimal Breeding, University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland

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• Magnus Andersson

  Affiliation Department of Production Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Saarentaus, Finland

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