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Defining and mapping mammalian coat pattern genes: multiple genomic regions implicated in domestic cat stripes and spots.
Genetics - 1 Jan 2010
Eizirik Eduardo, David Victor A, Buckley-Beason Valerie, Roelke Melody E, Schäffer Alejandro A, Hannah Steven S, Narfström Kristina, O'Brien Stephen J, Menotti-Raymond Marilyn
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Mammalian coat patterns (e.g., spots, stripes) are hypothesized to play important roles in camouflage and other relevant processes, yet the genetic and developmental bases for these phenotypes are completely unknown. The domestic cat, with its diversity of coat patterns, is an excellent model organism to investigate these phenomena. We have established three independent pedigrees to map the four recognized...
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