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A mutation in hairless dogs implicates FOXI3 in ectodermal development.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 12 Sept 2008
Drögemüller Cord, Karlsson Elinor K, Hytönen Marjo K, Perloski Michele, Dolf Gaudenz, Sainio Kirsi, Lohi Hannes, Lindblad-Toh Kerstin, Leeb Tosso
Abstract excerpt
Mexican and Peruvian hairless dogs and Chinese crested dogs are characterized by missing hair and teeth, a phenotype termed canine ectodermal dysplasia (CED). CED is inherited as a monogenic autosomal semidominant trait. With genomewide association analysis we mapped the CED mutation to a 102-kil...
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