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Hyperelastosis Cutis & HERDA

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More Than Skin Deep?

Les Sellnow April 1, 2006

It was two years ago–in April of 2004–that this magazine published the announcement that the Poco Bueno Quarter Horse sire line had been identified as carrying the recessive gene that causes hyperelastosis cutis (HC, also known as hereditary

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Equine Genetic Disease: Who’s At Risk?

Marcia King October 1, 2005

Many DNA sequence variations are fine; they just give rise to the broad spectrum of colors, sizes, and other characteristics we see in the horse population. Some variations, however, cause problems. These might range from a genetic predisposition

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