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Mutation in the guanine nucleotide-binding protein beta-3 causes retinal degeneration and embryonic mortality in chickens.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Nov 2006
Tummala Hemanth, Ali Manir, Getty Paul, Hocking Paul M, Burt David W, Inglehearn Chris F, Lester Douglas H
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PURPOSE: To identify the gene defect that causes blindness and the predisposition to embryonic death in the retinopathy globe enlarged (rge) chicken. METHODS: Linkage analysis, with previously uncharacterized microsatellite markers from chicken chromosome 1, was performed on 138 progeny of an rge/+ and an rge/rge cross, and candidate genes were sequenced. RESULTS: The rge locus was refined and the gene for...
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