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Endothelin receptor B polymorphism associated with lethal white foal syndrome in horses.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Apr 1998
Santschi E M, Purdy A K, Valberg S J, Vrotsos P D, Kaese H, Mickelson J R
Abstract excerpt
Overo lethal white syndrome (OLWS) is an inherited syndrome of foals born to American Paint Horse parents of the overo coat-pattern lineage. Affected foals are totally or almost totally white and die within days from complications due to intestinal aganglionosis. Related conditions occur in humans and rodents in which mutations in the endothelin receptor B (EDNRB) gene are responsible. EDNRB is known to be...
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