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Characterization of the endogenous retrovirus insertion in CYP19A1 associated with henny feathering in chicken

BACKGROUND: Henny feathering in chickens is determined by a dominant mutation that transforms male-specific plumage to female-like plumage. Previous studies indicated that this phenotype is caused by ectopic expression in skin of CYP19A1 encoding aromatase that converts androgens to estrogen and the...

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Autores principales: Li, Jingyi, Davis, Brian W., Jern, Patric, Dorshorst, Ben. J., Siegel, Paul B., Andersson, Leif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6712707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31467598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13100-019-0181-4

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