Whole-genome SNP association in the horse: Identification of a deletion in myosin Va responsible for Lavender Foal Syndrome

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Brooks, Samantha A ^a   Gabreski, Nicole ^a   Miller, Donald ^b   Brisbin, Abra ^a   Brown, Helen E ^b,d   Streeter, Cassandra ^a   Mezey, Jason ^a   Cook, Deborah ^c   Antczak, Douglas F ^b  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MYOSIN VA; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FOAL; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HORSE DISEASE; LAVENDER FOAL SYNDROME; MATING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; EPILEPSY; GENETICS; GENOME; HORSE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SYNDROME;

EQUIDAE; LAVANDULA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EPILEPSY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SYNDROME;

EID: 77952378278     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000909     Document Type: Article

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