Accumulating Mutations in Series of Haplotypes at the KIT and MITF Loci Are Major Determinants of White Markings in Franches-Montagnes Horses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Haase, Bianca ^a,b   Signer Hasler, Heidi ^c   Binns, Matthew M ^d   Obexer Ruff, Gabriela ^b   Hauswirth, Regula ^b   Bellone, Rebecca R ^e   Burger, Dominik ^b   Rieder, Stefan ^f   Wade, Claire M ^a   Leeb, Tosso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d Equine Analysis Systems Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^f Swiss National Stud Farm   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BREED; COLOR; EVOLUTION; FRANCHES MONTAGNES HORSE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HORSES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84884750482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075071     Document Type: Article

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