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A deletion in exon 9 of the LIPH gene is responsible for the rex hair coat phenotype in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
PloS one - 28 Apr 2011
Diribarne Mathieu, Mata Xavier, Chantry-Darmon Céline, Vaiman Anne, Auvinet Gérard, Bouet Stéphan, Deretz Séverine, Cribiu Edmond-Paul, de Rochambeau Hubert, Allain Daniel, Guérin Gérard
Abstract excerpt
The fur of common rabbits is constituted of 3 types of hair differing in length and diameter while that of rex animals is essentially made up of amazingly soft down-hair. Rex short hair coat phenotypes in rabbits were shown to be controlled by three distinct loci. We focused on the "r1" mutation which segregates at a simple autosomal-recessive locus in our rabbit strains. A positional candidate gene approach was...
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