Identification of the yellow skin gene reveals a hybrid origin of the domestic chicken.

Eriksson, Jonas; Larson, Greger; Gunnarsson, Ulrika; Bed'hom, Bertrand; Tixier-Boichard, Michele; Strömstedt, Lina; Wright, Dominic; Jungerius, Annemieke; Vereijken, Addie; Randi, Ettore; Jensen, Per; Andersson, Leif

Eriksson, Jonas; Larson, Greger; Gunnarsson, Ulrika; Bed'hom, Bertrand; Tixier-Boichard, Michele; Strömstedt, Lina; Wright, Dominic; Jungerius, Annemieke; Vereijken, Addie; Randi, Ettore; Jensen, Per; Andersson, Leif.

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Eriksson J; Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

PLoS Genet ; 4(2): e1000010, 2008 Feb 29.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18454198

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Chickens/genetics; Skin Pigmentation/genetics; Alleles; Animals; Chickens/metabolism; DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics; Female; Genes, Recessive; Hybridization, Genetic; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Quantitative Trait Loci; Skin Pigmentation/physiology; beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase/genetics; beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase/metabolism

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Skin Pigmentation / Chickens Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: PLoS Genet Journal subject: GENETICA Year: 2008 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Sweden Country of publication: United States

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