What’s the Difference Between a Dominant and Recessive Gene?

Dr. Samantha Brooks explains how dominant and recessive genes differ and how they are expressed in individual horses.
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Dr. Samantha Brooks explains how dominant and recessive genes differ and how they are expressed in individual horses.

This podcast is an excerpt from our Ask The Horse Live Q&A, “Understanding Equine Genetic Diseases”. Listen to the full recording here

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Samantha Brooks, PhD, is a professor of equine physiology at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. Her research program explores a variety of horse health topics, including gene expression studies and mapping of genetic disorders in the horse. Previously, her research group discovered genetic mutations and markers for coat colors, height, sarcoid tumors, and two neurologic conditions. Her ongoing work targets gait variations, infectious disease susceptibility, metabolic syndrome, and skeletal defects using genomewide association, genome resequencing, and transcriptomics.

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