Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens

BACKGROUND: In chickens, three mutant alleles have been reported at the C locus, including the albino mutation, and the recessive white mutation, which is characterized by white plumage and pigmented eyes. The albino mutation was found to be a 6 bp deletion in the tyrosinase (TYR) gene. The present...

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Autores principales: Chang, Chung-Ming, Coville, Jean-Luc, Coquerelle, Gérard, Gourichon, David, Oulmouden, Ahmad, Tixier-Boichard, Michèle
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1373650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16457736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-7-19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1373650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16457736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-7-19

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