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[Clinical evaluation of the new coat colour macchiato in a male Franches-Montagnes horse].
Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde - 1 Apr 2013
Blatter M, Haase B, Gerber V, Poncet P-A, Leeb T, Rieder S, Henke D, Janett F, Burger D
Abstract excerpt
In April 2008 a Franches-Montagnes colt was born with an unusual coat colour phenotype which had never been observed in that population before. The foal showed extended white markings on body and legs, a white head and blue eyes. As both parents have an unremarkable bay coat colour phenotype, a de novo mutation was expected in the offspring and a candidate gene approach revealed a spontaneous mutation in the...
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