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Mapping the locus for ocular melanosis in Cairn Terriers.
Veterinary ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2026
Winkler Paige A, Dawson-Baglien Ethan M, Coffey Madeline C, Venta Patrick J, Ekenstedt Kari J, Petersen-Jones Simon M
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OBJECTIVE: To map the disease locus for familial ocular melanosis (OM) in the Cairn Terrier. ANIMALS STUDIED: Cairn Terriers with OM and normal control dogs. PROCEDURE: A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed using 63 OM-affected and 31 control Cairn Terriers, followed by haplotype analysis. A significantly associated single-nucleotide polymorphism was genotyped in a larger group of OM-affected and...
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