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A Complex Structural Variation on Chromosome 27 Leads to the Ectopic Expression of HOXB8 and the Muffs and Beard Phenotype in Chickens.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2016
Guo Ying, Gu Xiaorong, Sheng Zheya, Wang Yanqiang, Luo Chenglong, Liu Ranran, Qu Hao, Shu Dingming, Wen Jie, Crooijmans Richard P M A, Carlborg Örjan, Zhao Yiqiang, Hu Xiaoxiang, Li Ning
Abstract excerpt
Muffs and beard (Mb) is a phenotype in chickens where groups of elongated feathers gather from both sides of the face (muffs) and below the beak (beard). It is an autosomal, incomplete dominant phenotype encoded by the Muffs and beard (Mb) locus. Here we use genome-wide association (GWA) analysis, linkage analysis, Identity-by-Descent (IBD) mapping, array-CGH, genome re-sequencing and expression analysis to show...
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