Endothelin receptor B2 (EDNRB2) is responsible for the tyrosinase-independent recessive white(mo(w) ) and mottled (mo) plumage phenotypes in the chicken. Kinoshita K, Akiyama T, Mizutani M, Shinomiya A, Ishikawa A, Younis HH, Tsudzuki M, Namikawa T, Matsuda Y. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 23;9(1):e86361. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086361. eCollection 2014.
Mutations in SLC45A2 cause plumage color variation in chicken and Japanese quail. Gunnarsson U, Hellström AR, Tixier-Boichard M, Minvielle F, Bed'hom B, Ito S, Jensen P, Rattink A, Vereijken A, Andersson L. Genetics. 2007 Feb;175(2):867-77. Epub 2006 Dec 6, doi:10.1534/genetics.106.063107.
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A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the lavender plumage colourdilution phenotype in the chicken. Vaez M, Follett SA, Bed'hom B, Gourichon D, Tixier-Boichard M, Burke T. BMC Genet. 2008 Jan 15;9:7. doi:10.1186/1471-2156-9-7.
The "silver" Japanese quail and the MITF gene: causal mutation, associated traits and homologywith the "blue" chicken plumage. Minvielle F, Bed'hom B, Coville JL, Ito S, Inoue-Murayama M, Gourichon D. BMC Genet. 2010 Feb 25;11:15. doi:10.1186/1471-2156-11-15.
Sex-linked barring in chickens is controlled by the CDKN2A /B tumour suppressor locus. Hellström AR, Sundström E, Gunnarsson U, Bed'Hom B, Tixier-Boichard M, Honaker CF, Sahlqvist AS, Jensen P, Kämpe O, Siegel PB, Kerje S, Andersson. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2010 Aug;23(4):521-30. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00700.x. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
Copy number variation in intron 1 of SOX5 causes the Pea-comb phenotype in chickens. Wright D, Boije H, Meadows JR, Bed'hom B, Gourichon D, Vieaud A, Tixier-Boichard M, Rubin CJ, Imsland F, Hallböök F, Andersson L. PLoS Genet. 2009 Jun;5(6):e1000512. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000512. Epub 2009 Jun 12.
The Rose-comb mutation in chickens constitutes a structural rearrangement causing both alteredcomb morphology and defective sperm motility. Imsland F, Feng C, Boije H, Bed'hom B, Fillon V, Dorshorst B, Rubin CJ, Liu R, Gao Y, Gu X, Wang Y, Gourichon D, Zody MC, Zecchin W, Vieaud A, Tixier-Boichard M, Hu X, Hallböök F, Li N, Andersson L. PLoS Genet. 2012 Jun;8(6):e1002775. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002775. Epub 2012 Jun 28.
A genomic duplication is associated with ectopic eomesodermin expression in the embryonicchicken comb and two duplex-comb phenotypes. Dorshorst B, Harun-Or-Rashid M, Bagherpoor AJ, Rubin CJ, Ashwell C, Gourichon D, Tixier-Boichard M, Hallböök F, Andersson L. PLoS Genet. 2015 Mar 19;11(3):e1004947. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004947*. eCollection 2015 Mar.
The crest phenotype in chicken is associated with ectopic expression of HOXC8 in cranial skin. Wang Y, Gao Y, Imsland F, Gu X, Feng C, Liu R, Song C, Tixier-Boichard M, Gourichon D, Li Q, Chen K, Li H, Andersson L, Hu X, Li N. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e34012. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034012. Epub 2012 Apr 13.
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