The Dominant white, Dun and Smoky Color Variants in Chicken Are Associated With Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms in the PMEL17 Gene From: Genetics | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Et al; Gunnarsson, Ulrika; Kim, Hyun; Sharma, Preety; Kerje, Susanne | Copyright Genetics Society of America Nov 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Dominant white, Dun, and Smoky are alleles at the Dominant white locus, which is one of the major loci affecting plumage color in the domestic chicken. Both Dominant white and Dun inhibit the expression of black eumelanin. Smoky arose in a White Leghorn homozygous for Dominant white and partially restores pigmentation. PMEL17 encodes a melanocyte-specific protein and was identified as a positional candidate gene due to its role in the development of eumelanosomes. Linkage anal...

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