Article
Copy number variation and missense mutations of the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene in goat breeds with different coat colors.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2009
Fontanesi L, Beretti F, Riggio V, Gómez González E, Dall'Olio S, Davoli R, Russo V, Portolano B
Abstract excerpt
In goats, classical genetic studies reported a large number of alleles at the Agouti locus with effects on coat color and pattern distribution. From these early studies, the dominant A(Wt) (white/tan) allele was suggested to cause the white color of the Saanen breed. Here, we sequenced the coding region of the goat ASIP gene in 6 goat breeds (Girgentana, Maltese, Derivata di Siria, Murciano-Granadina, Camosciata...
Topics
- Agouti Signaling Protein
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Breeding
- Color
- Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- DNA Copy Number Variations
- Goats
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data