Tabby pattern genetics – a whole new breed of cat

@article{Kaelin2010TabbyPG,
  title={Tabby pattern genetics – a whole new breed of cat},
  author={Christopher B. Kaelin and Gregory S. Barsh},
  journal={Pigment Cell \& Melanoma Research},
  year={2010},
  volume={23}
}
Much of what we know about pigment cell biology comes from studying laboratory mice, yet the conservation of gene action and interaction across domesticated animals, including horses, cattle, pigs, and dogs, is firm evidence that most aspects of color variation are conserved in mammals. [...] Key Method The nomenclature has become complicated; similar to Eizirik et al. (2010), we use lower case roman to describe theExpand
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