OMIA:000998-9940 : Thread defect in Ovis aries (sheep)

Categories: Integument (skin) phene

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: yes

Species-specific description: A crimp defect characterised by tight spiral curling at the ends of the staple, associated with apparent fineness of the fibres, reported in Polish Merinos by Radomska and Kozanecki (1964).

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Breed: Merino (Sheep) (VBO_0001508).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. For breeds in which a likely causal variant has been documented, see the variant table below

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2022). OMIA:000998-9940: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

1964 Radomska, M.J., Kozanecki, A. :
Heredity of the 'thread' defect in wool, and its effect on the production and some biological factors of wool in Polish Merino sheep Roczniki Nauk Rolniczych. Serie B: Zootechniczna 84:533-544, 1964.

Edit History


  • Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Sep 2005
  • Changed by Frank Nicholas on 04 Nov 2011
  • Changed by Imke Tammen2 on 21 Oct 2022