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The crest phenotype in chicken is associated with ectopic expression of HOXC8 in cranial skin.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Wang Yanqiang, Gao Yu, Imsland Freyja, Gu Xiaorong, Feng Chungang, Liu Ranran, Song Chi, Tixier-Boichard Michèle, Gourichon David, Li Qingyuan, Chen Kuanwei, Li Huifang, Andersson Leif, Hu Xiaoxiang, Li Ning
Abstract excerpt
The Crest phenotype is characterised by a tuft of elongated feathers atop the head. A similar phenotype is also seen in several wild bird species. Crest shows an autosomal incompletely dominant mode of inheritance and is associated with cerebral hernia. Here we show, using linkage analysis and genome-wide association, that Crest is located on the E22C19W28 linkage group and that it shows complete association to...
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