Article
Autosomal albino chicken mutation (ca/ca) deletes hexanucleotide (-deltaGACTGG817) at a copper-binding site of the tyrosinase gene.
Poultry science - 1 Jan 2000
Tobita-Teramoto T, Jang G Y, Kino K, Salter D W, Brumbaugh J, Akiyama T
Abstract excerpt
We compared tyrosinase cDNA sequences from a line of autosomal albino and Black Silky chickens isolated from cultured melanocytes by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Both sources produce a single DNA fragment of predicted normal tyrosinase size. Direct sequencing of the PCR product showed three mutated sites in the tyrosinase gene of the albino chicken. Two silent point mutations and a...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
