A genomic duplication is associated with ectopic eomesodermin expression in the embryonic chicken comb and two duplex-comb phenotypes.

by Ben Dorshorst, Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid, Alireza Jian Bagherpoor, Carl-Johan Rubin, Chris Ashwell, David Gourichon, Michèle Tixier-Boichard, Finn Hallböök, Leif Andersson
Published 2015-03-01

A complex genomic rearrangement involving the endothelin 3 locus causes dermal hyperpigmentation in the chicken.

by Ben Dorshorst, Anna-Maja Molin, Carl-Johan Rubin, Anna M Johansson, Lina Strömstedt, Manh-Hung Pham, Chih-Feng Chen, Finn Hallböök, Chris Ashwell, Leif Andersson
Published 2011-12-01

Dominant Red Coat Color in Holstein Cattle Is Associated with a Missense Mutation in the Coatomer Protein Complex, Subunit Alpha (COPA) Gene.

by Ben Dorshorst, Corneliu Henegar, Xiaoping Liao, Markus Sällman Almén, Carl-Johan Rubin, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Paul Stothard, Brian Van Doormaal, Graham Plastow, Gregory S Barsh, Leif Andersson
Published 2015-01-01

The evolution of Sex-linked barring alleles in chickens involves both regulatory and coding changes in CDKN2A.

by Doreen Schwochow Thalmann, Henrik Ring, Elisabeth Sundström, Xiaofang Cao, Mårten Larsson, Susanne Kerje, Andrey Höglund, Jesper Fogelholm, Dominic Wright, Per Jemth, Finn Hallböök, Bertrand Bed'Hom, Ben Dorshorst, Michèle Tixier-Boichard, Leif Andersson
Published 2017-04-01

A cis-regulatory mutation of PDSS2 causes silky-feather in chickens.

by Chungang Feng, Yu Gao, Ben Dorshorst, Chi Song, Xiaorong Gu, Qingyuan Li, Jinxiu Li, Tongxin Liu, Carl-Johan Rubin, Yiqiang Zhao, Yanqiang Wang, Jing Fei, Huifang Li, Kuanwei Chen, Hao Qu, Dingming Shu, Chris Ashwell, Yang Da, Leif Andersson, Xiaoxiang Hu, Ning Li
Published 2014-08-01

The Rose-comb mutation in chickens constitutes a structural rearrangement causing both altered comb morphology and defective sperm motility.

by Freyja Imsland, Chungang Feng, Henrik Boije, Bertrand Bed'hom, Valérie Fillon, Ben Dorshorst, Carl-Johan Rubin, Ranran Liu, Yu Gao, Xiaorong Gu, Yanqiang Wang, David Gourichon, Michael C Zody, William Zecchin, Agathe Vieaud, Michèle Tixier-Boichard, Xiaoxiang Hu, Finn Hallböök, Ning Li, Leif Andersson
Published 2012-06-01