GeneticsPLoS GeneticsPeer-reviewed
Balancing selection at a premature stop mutation in the myostatin gene underlies a recessive leg weakness syndrome in pigs
Oswald Matika, Diego Robledo, Ricardo Pong‐Wong…·Ross D. Houston
The paper identifies a recessive leg weakness syndrome in pigs caused by a premature stop mutation in the MSTN gene, showing balancing selection due to heterozygous advantage.