Phenotypes

Splicing variant 10 bp upstream of the intron1/exon 2 boundary (c211-10C>G) at position 79,814,520 (Bos taurus assembly: BosTau6/UMD3), leading to skipping of exon 2 (Sartelet et al., 2015)

Koch et al. (2013) suggested the following nomenclature: CE-0 for homozygous wild type; CE-1 for heterozygotes; and CE-2 for homozygous duplication.

Burgstaller et al. (2016) have provided strong evidence that the FH2 frameshift mutation (see OMIA 001958-9913), namely c.771_778delTTGAAAAGinsCATC (rs379675307) in SLC2A2, is actually causative of Fanconi-Bickel syndrome in Fleckvieh cattle. Joller et al. (2018) reported the same likely causal variant in a Swiss Braunvieh calf.

The double-muscle trait in cattle is characterised by an increase in muscle mass of approx 20%, resulting in substantially higher meat yield, a higher proportion of expensive cuts of meat, and lean and very tender meat, for which a substantial premium is paid. The trait is autosomal recessive, and the locus has been given the symbol mh. It occurs at such a high frequency in Piedmontese and Belgian Blue cattle that it is characteristic of these...