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[Detection of chicken dominant white gene PMEL17 mutation site by a pooling method].
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 1 Feb 2010
Liu Wen-Bo, Chen Si-Rui, Zheng Jiang-Xia, Xu Gui-Yun, Li Jun-Ying, Qu Lu-Jiang, Yang Ning
Abstract excerpt
Dominant white locus is one of the major loci affecting feather color in the domestic chicken and its dominant allele I can inhibit the synthesis of the melanin. Therefore, the homozygotes (I/I) or heterozygotes (I/i) show a white phenotype. It has been confirmed that the Dominant white locus encodes PMEL17 protein which is a specific protein and plays a key role in the development of melanocytes, thus PMEL17...
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