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Selection Signatures Reveal Candidate Genes for the Cornish Rex Breed-Specific Phenotype.
Genes - 16 Mar 2024
Zorc Minja, Horvat Tajda, Tanšek Anja, Ferme Tamara, Dovč Peter
Abstract excerpt
Many coat color, behavioral and morphological traits are specific and fixed across cat breeds, with several variants influencing these traits being common among different breeds. In the domestic cat, rexoid mutations have been documented in several breeds. In the Cornish Rex, four bp deletion in the LPAR6 gene has been found to cause a frame shift and a premature stop codon. In addition to the rexoid coat,...
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