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Biology of epidermal and hair pigmentation in cattle: a mini-review.
Veterinary dermatology - 1 Dec 2007
Seo Kangseok, Mohanty Tushar R, Choi Tejeong, Hwang Inho
Abstract excerpt
Coat colours in cattle have been of interest to both breeders and researchers as genes regulating pigmentation not only affect the phenotype but also have economic implications in the event of genetic mutations. The genes controlling pigmentation act as a complex and interact with each other to cause phenotypic and genotypic variations. Pigmentation of coat broadly depends on the ratio of eumelanin and...
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