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Localizing the X-linked orange colour phenotype using feline resource families.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2005
Grahn R A, Lemesch B M, Millon L V, Matise T, Rogers Q R, Morris J G, Fretwell N, Bailey S J, Batt R M, Lyons L A
Abstract excerpt
Many genes influencing mammalian coat colours are well conserved. While genes responsible for pelage phenotypes in one species provide strong evidence for a candidate gene in a different species, the X-linked orange phenotype of the domestic cat is unique within mammals. The orange locus (O) undergoes X-inactivation, producing females that express both wildtype black (wt) and orange (variant) phenotypes when...
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