The crazy tale of the Belgian Blue’s coat
On the trail of similar events in other genomesThe results of this research, published at the beginning of February in the journal Nature (1), took the Unit of Animal Genomics well beyond their initial goal. Indeed, while the analyses of the “lineback” cattle genome have allowed scientists to determine the chromosomal regions responsible for this phenotype, they have also led to the discovery of a brand new genetic mechanism.
(1) Keith Durkin, Wouter Coppieters, Cord Drögemüller, Naima Ahariz, Nadine Cambisano, Tom Druet, Corinne Fasquelle, Aynalem Haile, Petr Horin, Lusheng Huang, Yohichiro Kamatani, Latifa Karim, Mark Lathrop, Simon Moser, Kor Oldenbroek, Stefan Rieder, Arnaud Sartelet, Johann Sölkner, Hans Stålhammar, Diana Zelenika, Zhiyan Zhang, Tosso Leeb, Michel Georges & Carole Charlier. Serial translocation by means of circular intermediates underlies colour sidedness in cattle. Nature 482, 81–84 (02 February 2012) doi:10.1038/nature10757 |
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