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Multiple congenital ocular anomalies in Icelandic horses.
BMC veterinary research - 26 May 2011
Andersson Lisa S, Axelsson Jeanette, Dubielzig Richard R, Lindgren Gabriella, Ekesten Björn
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Multiple congenital ocular anomalies (MCOA) syndrome is a hereditary congenital eye defect that was first described in Silver colored Rocky Mountain horses. The mutation causing this disease is located within a defined chromosomal interval, which also contains the gene and mutation that is associated with the Silver coat color (PMEL17, exon 11). Horses that are homozygous for the disease-causing...
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