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Table 2 Distribution of BCO2 c.196 genotypes in different phenotypic groups

From: A nonsense mutation in the beta-carotene oxygenase 2 (BCO2) gene is tightly associated with accumulation of carotenoids in adipose tissue in sheep (Ovis aries)

 

c.196 genotype

Phenotype

CC

CT

TT

Lambs with yellow fat

1

 

13

Ewes giving yellow fat offspring

 

2

 

White fat control animals

1

  

AI rams progeny tested to have yellow fat allele(s)

7

2

1

AI rams progeny tested to not have yellow fat allele(s)

395

5

1

  1. All animals, except the 4 yellow fat lambs and the 2 control lambs initially sequenced to identify the BCO2 c.196C>T mutation, are included in this table.