GeneticsbioRxiv
A structural variant in the 5′-flanking region of the TWIST2 gene affects melanocyte development in belted cattle
Niveditha Awasthi Mishra, Cord Drögemüller, Vidhya Jagannathan…·Tosso Leeb
The paper identifies a non-coding copy number variant upstream of TWIST2 that causes a pigmentation trait in belted cattle by affecting melanocyte development.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0180170