Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken
(2008)
Journal Article
Eriksson, J., Larson, G., Gunnarsson, U., Bed'hom, B., Tixier-Boichard, M., Strömstedt, L., …Andersson, L. (2008). Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken. PLoS Genetics, 4(2), Article e1000010. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000010
Yellow skin is an abundant phenotype among domestic chickens and is caused by a recessive allele (W*Y) that allows deposition of yellow carotenoids in the skin. Here we show that yellow skin is caused by one or more cis-acting and tissue-specific reg... Read More about Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken.