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Comparative analysis of evolutionary modes in Mc1r coat color gene in wild mice and mustelids.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Jun 2009
Shimada Tomofumi, Sato Jun J, Aplin Ken P, Suzuki Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
Sequences from ten species of Mus (Rodentia, Muridae) of the melanocortin-1 receptor (Mc1r) gene (945 bp), which plays a key role in coat color determination, were compared with an existing Mc1r dataset (ca. 498 bp) from 12 species of Mustela and Martes (Carnivora, Mustelidae). The dN/dS ratio (o...
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