Does a pleiotropic gene explain deafness and blue irises in white cats?

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 548-553

  Geigy, Caroline A ^a   Heid, Silvia ^b   Steffen, Frank ^c   Danielson, Kristen ^d   Jaggy, André ^a   Gaillard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Fortryllekat Norwegian Forest Cats   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Deafness; Dominant white; Eye colour; Pleiotropic gene; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAT; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; HEARING DISORDER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HERITABILITY; INHERITANCE; MAJOR GENE; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PREVALENCE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DEAFNESS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAIR COLOR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PEDIGREE;

IRIS SPURIA; NEMOPHILA; PSEUDOMUGILIDAE;

EID: 34248198911     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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