To the Root of the Curl: A Signature of a Recent Selective Sweep Identifies a Mutation That Defines the Cornish Rex Cat Breed.

To the Root of the Curl: A Signature of a Recent Selective Sweep Identifies a Mutation That Defines the Cornish Rex Cat Breed.

The cat (Felis silvestris catus) shows significant variation in pelage, morphological, and behavioral phenotypes amongst its over 40 domesticated breeds. The majority of the breed specific phenotypic presentations originated through artificial selection, especially on desired novel phenotypic charac...

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Main Authors: Barbara Gandolfi, Hasan Alhaddad, Verena K Affolter, Jeffrey Brockman, Jens Haggstrom, Shannon E K Joslin, Amanda L Koehne, James C Mullikin, Catherine A Outerbridge, Wesley C Warren, Leslie A Lyons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3694948?pdf=render

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