An Epistatic Effect of KRT25 on SP6 Is Involved in Curly Coat in Horses

    April 2018 in “ Scientific Reports ”
    Annika Thomer, Maren Gottschalk, Anna Christmann … Julia Metzger
    Studysummary In this study, genetic variants in the KRT25 and SP6 genes were found to be responsible for curly hair in horses, with the KRT25 variant also causing hypotrichosis due to an epistatic effect.
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