The Naked Truth: Sphynx and Devon Rex Cat Breed Mutations in KRT71

    October 2010 in “ Mammalian genome ”
    Barbara Gandolfi, Catherine A. Outerbridge, Leslie G. Beresford … Leslie A. Lyons
    Studysummary In this study, specific genetic polymorphisms in the KRT71 gene were associated with hairless and curly phenotypes in Sphynx and Devon Rex cats.
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