Texel loin muscling QTL (TM-QTL) located on ovine chromosome 18 appears to exhibit imprinting and polar overdominance

J. Macfarlane¹, N. Lambe¹, O. Matika², K. McLean¹, A. Masri¹, B. Wolf³, W. Haresign³, S. Bishop², L. Bünger^1
1Scottish Agricultural College, Sustainable Livestock Systems, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
²University of Edinburgh, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
³Aberystwyth University, Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom