Copy Number Variation in Intron 1 of SOX5 Causes the Pea-comb Phenotype in Chickens

Pea-comb is a dominant mutation in chickens that drastically reduces the size of the comb and wattles. It is an adaptive trait in cold climates as it reduces heat loss and makes the chicken less susceptible to frost lesions. Here we report that Pea-comb is caused by a massive amplification of a dupl...

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Glavni autori: Wright, Dominic, Boije, Henrik, Meadows, Jennifer R. S., Bed'hom, Bertrand, Gourichon, David, Vieaud, Agathe, Tixier-Boichard, Michèle, Rubin, Carl-Johan, Imsland, Freyja, Hallböök, Finn, Andersson, Leif
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Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Public Library of Science 2009
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Online pristup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685452/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19521496
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000512
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