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Generalized progressive retinal atrophy in the Irish Glen of Imaal Terrier is associated with a deletion in the ADAM9 gene.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Dec 2010
Kropatsch Regina, Petrasch-Parwez Elisabeth, Seelow Dominik, Schlichting Annegrit, Gerding Wanda M, Akkad Denis A, Epplen Joerg T, Dekomien Gabriele
Abstract excerpt
Generalized progressive retinal atrophy (gPRA) belongs to a group of inherited retinal diseases which are associated with gradual vision loss in various dog breeds, including the Irish Glen of Imaal Terrier (GIT). By genome-wide homozygosity mapping using SNP arrays and fine mapping of candidate regions, we assigned the gPRA candidate locus in this breed to canine chromosome 16. The respective region is syntenic...
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