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SUBMITTER: Beck J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1471780 | biostudies-literature | 2006
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beck Julia J Bornemann-Kolatzki Kirsten K Knorr Christoph C Taeubert Helge H Brenig Bertram B
BMC veterinary research 20060428
<h4>Background</h4>Inguinal hernias are usually caused by a congenital defect, which occurs as a weakness of the inguinal canal. Porcine beta-glucuronidase gene (GUSB) was chosen as functional candidate gene because of its involvement in degradation of hyaluronan within gubernacular tissue during descent of testes. Since a genome-wide linkage analysis approach has shown evidence that two regions on porcine chromosome 3 (SSC 3) are involved in the inheritance of hernia inguinalis/scrotalis in Ger ...[more]