Genome-wide linkage scan localizes the harlequin locus in the Great Dane to chromosome 9

Gene

Volumn 418, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 49-52

  Clark, Leigh Anne ^a   Starr, Alison N ^a   Tsai, Kate L ^a   Murphy, Keith E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coat color; Dog; Harlequin; Linkage; Merle; SILV

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HARLEQUIN LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DOGS; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HETEROZYGOTE; PEDIGREE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 44949141949     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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