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Agouti sequence polymorphisms in coyotes, wolves and dogs suggest hybridization.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Schmutz Sheila M, Berryere Thomas G, Barta Jodi L, Reddick Kimberley D, Schmutz Josef K
Abstract excerpt
Domestic dogs have been shown to have multiple alleles of the Agouti Signal Peptide (ASIP) in exon 4 and we wished to determine the level of polymorphism in the common wild canids of Canada, wolves and coyotes, in comparison. All Canadian coyotes and most wolves have banded hairs. The ASIP coding sequence of the wolf did not vary from the domestic dog but one variant was detected in exon 4 of coyotes that did not...
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