The KIT gene is associated with the english spotting coat color locus and congenital megacolon in Checkered Giant rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

The KIT gene is associated with the english spotting coat color locus and congenital megacolon in Checkered Giant rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

The English spotting coat color locus in rabbits, also known as Dominant white spotting locus, is determined by an incompletely dominant allele (En). Rabbits homozygous for the recessive wild-type allele (en/en) are self-colored, heterozygous En/en rabbits are normally spotted, and homozygous En/En...

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Main Authors: Luca Fontanesi, Manuela Vargiolu, Emilio Scotti, Rocco Latorre, Maria Simonetta Faussone Pellegrini, Maurizio Mazzoni, Martina Asti, Roberto Chiocchetti, Giovanni Romeo, Paolo Clavenzani, Roberto De Giorgio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3988019?pdf=render

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