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Chinese white Rongchang pig does not have the dominant white allele of KIT but has the dominant black allele of MC1R.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Lai Fenju, Ren Jun, Ai Huashui, Ding Nengshui, Ma Junwu, Zeng Daiqin, Chen Congyin, Guo Yuanmei, Huang Lusheng
Abstract excerpt
The mast/stem cell growth factor receptor (KIT) and melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) mutations are responsible for coat color phenotypes in domestic pigs. Rongchang is a Chinese indigenous pig breed with a white coat color phenotype. To investigate the genetic variability of the KIT and MC1R genes and their possible association with the coat color phenotype in this breed, a gene duplication and splice mutation of...
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