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Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens.
BMC genomics - 5 Feb 2006
Chang Chung-Ming, Coville Jean-Luc, Coquerelle Gérard, Gourichon David, Oulmouden Ahmad, Tixier-Boichard Michèle
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In chickens, three mutant alleles have been reported at the C locus, including the albino mutation, and the recessive white mutation, which is characterized by white plumage and pigmented eyes. The albino mutation was found to be a 6 bp deletion in the tyrosinase (TYR) gene. The present work describes an approach to identify the structural rearrangement in the TYR gene associated with the recessive...
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