Abigail L. Shearin1,2, Elaine A. Ostrander1*
1 National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, 2 University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Citation: Shearin AL, Ostrander EA (2010) Canine Morphology: Hunting for Genes and Tracking Mutations. PLoS Biol 8(3): e1000310. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000310
Published: March 2, 2010
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Funding: This work is supported by the intramural Program of the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Howard Hughes Scholars Program. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Abbreviations: AKC, American Kennel Club; GWAS, genome-wide association study; FGF4, fibroblast growth factor-4; FGF5, fibroblast growth factor-5; IGF-1, insulin like growth factor-1; KRT71, keratin71; LD, linkage disequilibrium; Mc1r, melanocortin 1 receptor; PWD, Portuguese Water Dog; RSPO2, R-spondin-2; SINE, short-interspersed nuclear element; SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; SSR, simple sequence repeat
* E-mail: eostrand@mail.nih.gov
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