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Inheritance and population structure of the white-phased "Kermode" black bear.
Current biology : CB - 18 Sept 2001
Ritland K, Newton C, Marshall H D
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We report that a single nucleotide replacement in the melanocortin 1 receptor gene [1] (mc1r) is responsible for the white coat color of the "Kermode" bear [2], a color phase of the black bear (Ursus americanus Pallus) found in the rainforests along the north coast of British Columbia. In a sample of 220 bears, of which 22 were white, there was complete association of a recessive Tyr-to-Cys replacement at codon...
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