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Partial duplication of the PRLR and SPEF2 genes at the late feathering locus in chicken.
BMC genomics - 20 Aug 2008
Elferink Martin G, Vallée Amélie A A, Jungerius Annemieke P, Crooijmans Richard P M A, Groenen Martien A M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One of the loci responsible for feather development in chickens is K. The K allele is partially dominant to the k+ allele and causes a retard in the emergence of flight feathers at hatch. The K locus is sex linked and located on the Z chromosome. Therefore, the locus can be utilized to produce phenotypes that identify the sexes of chicks at hatch. Previous studies on the organization of the K allele...
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