A MITF mutation associated with a dominant white phenotype and bilateral deafness in German Fleckvieh cattle.

A MITF mutation associated with a dominant white phenotype and bilateral deafness in German Fleckvieh cattle.

A dominantly inherited syndrome associated with hypopigmentation, heterochromia irides, colobomatous eyes and bilateral hearing loss has been ascertained in Fleckvieh cattle (German White Fleckvieh syndrome). This syndrome has been mapped to bovine chromosome (BTA) 22 using a genome-wide association...

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Main Authors: Ute Philipp, Bettina Lupp, Stefanie Mömke, Veronika Stein, Andrea Tipold, Johanna Corinna Eule, Jürgen Rehage, Ottmar Distl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3236222?pdf=render

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