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Whole genome sequencing in cats, identifies new models for blindness in AIPL1 and somite segmentation in HES7.
BMC genomics - 31 Mar 2016
Lyons Leslie A, Creighton Erica K, Alhaddad Hasan, Beale Holly C, Grahn Robert A, Rah HyungChul, Maggs David J, Helps Christopher R, Gandolfi Barbara
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BACKGROUND: The reduced cost and improved efficiency of whole genome sequencing (WGS) is drastically improving the development of cats as biomedical models. Persian cats are models for Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA), the most severe and earliest onset form of visual impairment in humans. Cats with innocuous breed-defining traits, such as a bobbed tail, can also be models for somite segmentation and vertebral...
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