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Two SNPs in the SILV gene are associated with silver coat colour in ponies.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2007
Reissmann M, Bierwolf J, Brockmann G A
Abstract excerpt
In horses, a pigment dilution acting only on black eumelanin is the so-called silver coat colour, which is characterized by a chocolate-to-reddish body with a white mane and tail. Using information from other species, we focused our study on SILV as a possible candidate gene for the equine silver phenotype. A 1559-bp genomic fragment was sequenced in 24 horses, and five SNPs were detected. Two of the five SNPs...
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