New Article on Dun
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This was just posted by IFL Science:
"Why Most Horses Lack The Dark Markings Of Their Ancestors"
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-an…
What I found most interesting, and am trying to understand more about is:
"Non-dun horses, the team found, carry one of two mutations on a gene called TBX3, which codes for the T-box 3 transcription factor. These mutations cause the gene to be expressed at lower levels in the skin of non-dun horses than in Dun horses, though it doesn’t affect the function of TBX3 in other tissues."
My university does not have access to that database, but have a friend getting it for me from her Lab. Here is the published article: http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/vaop/n…