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Phenotypic and genetic characterization of a novel phenotype in pigs characterized by juvenile hairlessness and age dependent emphysema.
BMC genomics - 12 Jun 2008
Bruun Camilla S, Jørgensen Claus B, Bay Lene, Cirera Susanna, Jensen Henrik E, Leifsson Páll S, Nielsen Jens, Christensen Knud, Fredholm Merete
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BACKGROUND: A pig phenotype characterized by juvenile hairlessness, thin skin and age dependent lung emphysema has been discovered in a Danish pig herd. The trait shows autosomal co-dominant inheritance with all three genotypes distinguishable. Since the phenotype shows resemblance to the integrin beta6 -/- knockout phenotype seen in mice, the two genes encoding the two subunits of integrin alphavbeta6, i.e....
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