A noncoding melanophilin gene (MLPH) SNP at the splice donor of exon 1 represents a candidate causal mutation for coat color dilution in dogs

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 468-473

  Drögemüller, Cord ^a   Philipp, Ute ^b   Haase, Bianca ^a   Günzel Apel, Anne Rose ^b   Leeb, Tosso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOG; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGING; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOGS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR COLOR; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548426013     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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