Polymorphisms within the canine MLPH gene are associated with dilute coat color in dogs

BMC Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Philipp, Ute ^a   Hamann, Henning ^a   Mecklenburg, Lars ^b   Nishino, Seiji ^c   Mignot, Emmanuel ^c   Günzel Apel, Anne Rose ^a   Schmutz, Sheila M ^d   Leeb, Tosso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTIDINE; MELANOPHILIN; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREED; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DOG; DYSPLASIA; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN COLOR; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PIGMENT DISORDER;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOGS; EXONS; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 26444448038     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-6-34     Document Type: Article

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