A de novo missense mutation in KIT is responsible for dominant white spotting phenotype in a Standardbred horse

Affiliations

¹ Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.
² InfogeneNZ, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
³ Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.

Elizabeth Esdaile et al. Anim Genet. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;53(4):534-537.

doi: 10.1111/age.13222. Epub 2022 May 31.

¹ Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.
² InfogeneNZ, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
³ Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: coat color; pigmentation standardbreds; white patterning.

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