Mutations in MITF and PAX3 cause "splashed white" and other white spotting phenotypes in horses.

During fetal development neural-crest-derived melanoblasts migrate across the entire body surface and differentiate into melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells. Alterations in this precisely regulated process can lead to white spotting patterns. White spotting patterns in horses are a complex trai...

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Main Authors: Regula Hauswirth, Bianca Haase, Marlis Blatter, Samantha A Brooks, Dominik Burger, Cord Drögemüller, Vincent Gerber, Diana Henke, Jozef Janda, Rony Jude, K Gary Magdesian, Jacqueline M Matthews, Pierre-André Poncet, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Teruaki Tozaki, Lorna Wilkinson-White, M Cecilia T Penedo, Stefan Rieder, Tosso Leeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3325211?pdf=render