Deafness in blue-eyed white cats: The uphill road to solving polygenic disorders

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-472

  Strain, George M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ALBINISM; ALLELE; BREED; CAT; COLOR; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; EDITORIAL; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HOMOZYGOSITY; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DEAFNESS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; MALE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 34248213664     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.01.015     Document Type: Editorial

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