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SUBMITTER: Vilboux T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2324077 | biostudies-literature | 2008
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vilboux Thierry T Chaudieu Gilles G Jeannin Patricia P Delattre Delphine D Hedan Benoit B Bourgain Catherine C Queney Guillaume G Galibert Francis F Thomas Anne A André Catherine C
BMC veterinary research 20080303
<h4>Background</h4>Several forms of progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) segregate in more than 100 breeds of dog with each PRA segregating in one or a few breeds. This breed specificity may be accounted for by founder effects and genetic drift, which have reduced the genetic heterogeneity of each breed, thereby facilitating the identification of causal mutations. We report here a new form of PRA segregating in the Border Collie breed. The clinical signs, including the loss of night vision and a pr ...[more]