Open AccessA new hereditary neuromuscular disease in the dog breed “Gammel Dansk Honsehund”. Genetic investigations
Author(s) -
FLAGSTAD A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1982.tb00851.x
Subject(s) - breed , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , biology , myasthenia gravis , disease , genetics , gene , pathology , immunology , medicine
The inheritance of a neuromuscular disease resembling myasthenia gravis and the myasthenic syndrome (Eaton‐Lambert) in man has been studied in the dog breed “Gammel Dansk Honsehund”. Based on genealogical methods and test matings, an autosomal recessive inheritance was demonstrated.