Researchers at UM find gene that causes death From: DVM | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Tremayne, Jessica | Copyright Advanstar Communications, Inc. Nov 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Breeders can screen for GBE1 so carriers do not pass it to offspring

ST. PAUL, MINN.-Researchers discovered the gene responsible for glycogen branching enzyme deficiency (GBED), which kill about one-fourth of foals born to carriers of the faulty make-up.

Stephanie Valberg, DVM, PhD, led the research team at the University of Minnesota (UM) in identifying the GBE1 gene, which encodes the glycogen branching enzyme (GBE) involved in glycogen synthesis.

Veterinary medicine re...

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