An equine chromosome 3 inversion is associated with the tobiano spotting pattern in German horse breeds

Animal Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-309

  Haase, B ^a   Jude, R ^b   Brooks, S A ^c   Leeb, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coat colour; Horse; KIT; Melanocyte; Tobiano

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR; HORSE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; HAIR COLOR; HORSES; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 44049090321     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01715.x     Document Type: Article

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