Complex Inheritance of Melanoma and Pigmentation of Coat and Skin in Grey Horses

The dominant phenotype of greying with age in horses, caused by a 4.6-kb duplication in intron 6 of STX17, is associated with a high incidence of melanoma and vitiligo-like skin depigmentation. However, the progressive greying and the incidence of melanoma, vitiligo-like depigmentation, and amount o...

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Main Authors: Curik, Ino, Druml, Thomas, Seltenhammer, Monika, Sundström, Elisabeth, Pielberg, Gerli Rosengren, Andersson, Leif, Sölkner, Johann
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3567150/