Insertion of an endogenous Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus element into the BCO2 - gene abolishes its function and leads to yellow discoloration of adipose tissue in Norwegian Spælsau (Ovis aries)

Table 1 Fat colour grading and genotypes of 26 lambs descending from two different rams (76245736 and 89012427) known to produce yellow fat offspring. The ewes also have an increased probability of carrying the yellow fat allele, due to relationship to known carriers. Genotypes are scored as wild type (wt) or carrier of the endogenous Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus (ins) based on the PCR-test described in materials and methods

Lamb ID	Ram	Ewe	Sex	Phenotype	Genotype
90027	76245736	37200184	male	white fat	wt/ins
90029	76245736	37200184	male	white fat	wt/wt
90041	76245736	89740216	male	white fat	wt/ins
90059	76245736	37198929	female	white fat	wt/ins
90060	76245736	37198929	male	white fat	wt/wt
90072	76245736	89740213	female	white fat	wt/ins
90073	76245736	89740213	female	white fat	wt/wt
90001	89012427	82424293	female	yellow fat	ins/ins
90002	89012427	82424293	female	yellow fat	ins/ins
90015	89012427	76245888	female	white fat	wt/ins
90019	89012427	88844575	female	yellow fat	ins/ins
90075	89012427	76382061	female	white fat	wt/ins
90077	89012427	76382061	female	white fat	wt/wt
90083	89012427	37199669	female	white fat	wt/wt
90104	89012427	70456589	female	white fat	wt/ins
90115	89012427	82991541	female	white fat	wt/wt
90201	89012427	88842546	male	white fat	wt/wt
90202	89012427	88842546	male	white fat	wt/wt
90214	89012427	76245888	male	white fat	wt/wt
90228	89012427	76245885	male	white fat	wt/ins
90230	89012427	76245885	male	white fat	wt/wt
90297	89012427	89400436	male	yellow fat	ins/ins
90298	89012427	89400436	male	white fat	wt/wt
90307	89012427	37199669	male	white fat	wt/ins
90330	89012427	70456589	male	white fat	wt/wt
90336	89012427	82991541	male	white fat	wt/ins

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