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THE only case of a lethal gene in the horse described hitherto was by Yamane1 in Japan; it produced a blind large intestine, which caused colic and death among the new-born foals sired by one Percheron stallion. The following case, which I have observed in the well-known Polish stud of half-breed horses at Skrzydlów, p-Aurelów, near Czesto-chowa, is therefore of interest, because its explanation is analogous to that of Yamane's case mentioned above, although perhaps more complicated.
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” Biological Essays on the Horse”, 1929, p. 39. Berlin.
” Über Lethalfaktoren”, Z. ind. Abst. u. Ver. Lehre, 1926.
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PRAWOCHENSKI, R. A Case of Lethal Genes in the Horse. Nature 137, 869 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137869a0
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