The "silver" Japanese quail and the MITF gene: causal mutation, associated traits and homology with the "blue" chicken plumage

BACKGROUND: The MITF (microphthalmia-associated transcription factor) gene has been investigated in mice and various vertebrates but its variations and associated effects have not yet been explored much in birds. The present study describes the causal mutation B at the MITF gene responsible for the...

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Autores principales: Minvielle, Francis, Bed'hom, Bertrand, Coville, Jean-Luc, Ito, Shin'ichi, Inoue-Murayama, Miho, Gourichon, David
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20184729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-11-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20184729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-11-15

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