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Genome-wide association and linkage analyses localize a progressive retinal atrophy locus in Persian cats.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Aug 2014
Alhaddad Hasan, Gandolfi Barbara, Grahn Robert A, Rah Hyung-Chul, Peterson Carlyn B, Maggs David J, Good Kathryn L, Pedersen Niels C, Lyons Leslie A
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Hereditary eye diseases of animals serve as excellent models of human ocular disorders and assist in the development of gene and drug therapies for inherited forms of blindness. Several primary hereditary eye conditions affecting various ocular tissues and having different rates of progression have been documented in domestic cats. Gene therapy for canine retinopathies has been successful, thus the cat could be a...
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