A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken-0

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/7</p><p>BMC Genetics 2008;9():7-7.</p><p>Published online 15 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2253553.</p><p></p>orms

A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken-4

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/7</p><p>BMC Genetics 2008;9():7-7.</p><p>Published online 15 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2253553.</p><p></p>ozygous dams, A) 5368, 5372 and B) 5363, 5385, is consistent with the phenotype. Males are denoted by squares, and females by circles. () and wild-type () haplotypes are indicated as solid black and solid white symbols, respectively

A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken-5

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/7</p><p>BMC Genetics 2008;9():7-7.</p><p>Published online 15 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2253553.</p><p></p>orms

A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken-1

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/7</p><p>BMC Genetics 2008;9():7-7.</p><p>Published online 15 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2253553.</p><p></p>x) spleen, and skin at ages (a) E14, (b) E17 and (c) 10 weeks. Size is indicated on the right

A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken-3

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/7</p><p>BMC Genetics 2008;9():7-7.</p><p>Published online 15 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2253553.</p><p></p>into two fragments of sizes 334 bp and 146 bp, while the allele does not digest; (A) , (B) , (C)

A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken-2

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/7</p><p>BMC Genetics 2008;9():7-7.</p><p>Published online 15 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2253553.</p><p></p>, and respective amino acids are shown above the first base pair in a codon for the homozygous sequences. (B) ClustalW alignment of the wild type (WT) and mutated (LN, GS3 and LAV, respectively) amino acid sequences from mouse [6], human [13], and chicken

A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken-6

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "A single point-mutation within the melanophilin gene causes the plumage colour dilution phenotype in the chicken"</p><p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/7</p><p>BMC Genetics 2008;9():7-7.</p><p>Published online 15 Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2253553.</p><p></p>x) spleen, and skin at ages (a) E14, (b) E17 and (c) 10 weeks. Size is indicated on the right

Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens-3

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens"</p><p>BMC Genomics 2006;7():19-19.</p><p>Published online 5 Feb 2006</p><p>PMCID:PMC1373650.</p><p>Copyright © 2006 Chang et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</p

Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens-8

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens"</p><p>BMC Genomics 2006;7():19-19.</p><p>Published online 5 Feb 2006</p><p>PMCID:PMC1373650.</p><p>Copyright © 2006 Chang et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</p>ken was 675 bp

Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens-2

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Complete association between a retroviral insertion in the tyrosinase gene and the recessive white mutation in chickens"</p><p>BMC Genomics 2006;7():19-19.</p><p>Published online 5 Feb 2006</p><p>PMCID:PMC1373650.</p><p>Copyright © 2006 Chang et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</p>me restriction pattern as the total chicken tyrosinase cDNA probe. A simple HIII digestion yielded 4.1 kb and 2.7 kb fragments in carriers of the recessive white or wild type allele at the locus, respectively. A double digestion with BHI+HIII enzymes yielded a 2.7 kb fragment in chickens carrying the normal allele and a 1.8 kb fragment in chickens carrying the recessive white allele