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A mutation in the MATP gene causes the cream coat colour in the horse.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2000
Mariat Denis, Taourit Sead, Guérin Gérard
Abstract excerpt
In horses, basic colours such as bay or chestnut may be partially diluted to buckskin and palomino, or extremely diluted to cream, a nearly white colour with pink skin and blue eyes. This dilution is expected to be controlled by one gene and we used both candidate gene and positional cloning strategies to identify the "cream mutation". A horse panel including reference colours was established and typed for...
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