A frame-shift mutation in COMTD1 is associated with impaired pheomelanin pigmentation in chicken.

A frame-shift mutation in COMTD1 is associated with impaired pheomelanin pigmentation in chicken.

The biochemical pathway regulating the synthesis of yellow/red pheomelanin is less well characterized than the synthesis of black/brown eumelanin. Inhibitor of gold (IG phenotype) is a plumage colour variant in chicken that provides an opportunity to further explore this pathway since the recessive...

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Main Authors: Huijuan Bi, Jonas Tranell, Dawn C Harper, Weifeng Lin, Jingyi Li, Anders R Hellström, Mårten Larsson, Carl-Johan Rubin, Chao Wang, Shumaila Sayyab, Susanne Kerje, Bertrand Bed'hom, David Gourichon, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Michèle Tixier-Boichard, Michael S Marks, Daniel Globisch, Leif Andersson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010724

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