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A mutation in the FAM83G gene in dogs with hereditary footpad hyperkeratosis (HFH).
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2014
Drögemüller Michaela, Jagannathan Vidhya, Becker Doreen, Drögemüller Cord, Schelling Claude, Plassais Jocelyn, Kaerle Cécile, Dufaure de Citres Caroline, Thomas Anne, Müller Eliane J, Welle Monika M, Roosje Petra, Leeb Tosso
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary footpad hyperkeratosis (HFH) represents a palmoplantar hyperkeratosis, which is inherited as a monogenic autosomal recessive trait in several dog breeds, such as e.g. Kromfohrländer and Irish Terriers. We performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in both breeds. In Kromfohrländer we obtained a single strong association signal on chromosome 5 (p(raw) = 1.0×10(-13)) using 13 HFH cases and 29...
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