Arachnomelia syndrome in Simmental cattle is caused by a homozygous 2-bp deletion in the molybdenum cofactor synthesis step 1 gene (MOCS1)

Table 1 Microsatellites used for fine mapping of the arachnomelia syndrome locus

Marker name*	cM^†	App. location (kb)^‡	Fragment length range (bp)	Reference	Remarks
BM47	13.8	7,765	222-268	This publication; [7]
DIK4340	16.2	10,153	192-204	[7]
DIK4895	17,9	11,332	174-192	[7]
BM3401	18.8	11,455	124-146	This publication; [7]
LFL023	-	11,619	126-194	This publication
LFL024	-	12,108	172-194	This publication
DIK5399	20.7	13,273	193-201	[7]
LFL018	-	13,670	215-241	This publication	located within KCNK17
RM033	20.7	13,796	146-156	[7]
LfL015	-	14,354	130-152	This publication	located between DAAM2 and MOCS1
LFL016	-	14,751	131-187	This publication
NRKM17	21.3	15,050	129-141	[7]
LFL014	-	15,281	110-134	This publication
LFL012	-	16,190	118-163	This publication	triple repeat
LFL006	-	17,329	121-201	This publication	located close to PTK7
BM1258	28.3	19,935	92-106	[7]
DIK4396	39.9	24,934	156-173	[7]

*Italicized names represent markers that had been used for whole genome linkage analysis [4]; ^†genetic distance according to [7]; ^‡according to BTAU4.0

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