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: Ino Curik, Thomas Druml, Monika Seltenhammer, Elisabeth Sundström, Gerli Rosengren Pielberg, Leif Andersson, Johann Sölkner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3567150?pdf=render