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A missense mutation in the bovine MGF gene is associated with the roan phenotype in Belgian Blue and Shorthorn cattle.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Jul 1999
Seitz J J, Schmutz S M, Thue T D, Buchanan F C
Abstract excerpt
The Roan locus is responsible for the coat coloration of Belgian Blue and Shorthorn cattle. The solid-colored and white animals are homozygotes, and the roan animals, with intermingled colored and white hairs, are heterozygous. The roan phenotype was mapped to cattle Chromosome (Chr) 5 with microsatellites, and a candidate gene was proposed (Charlier et al. Mamm Genome 7, 138, 1996). PCR primers to the exons of...
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