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Pigmentation in Black-boned sheep (Ovis aries): association with polymorphism of the Tyrosinase gene.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Sept 2008
Deng W D, Xi D M, Gou X, Yang S L, Shi X W, Mao H M
Abstract excerpt
Measurements were made in Black-boned (n = 40) and normal (n = 23) sheep (Ovis aries) from a flock in Nanping County of Yunnan Province, China, as well as a group (n = 21) of Romney Marsh sheep (O. aries) with the view to explaining the basis of the dark pigmentation occurring in the Black-boned animals. Plasma colour was significantly darker (P < 0.01) in Black-boned sheep than in their normal flock mates, which...
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