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A new mutation in MC1R explains a coat color phenotype in 2 "old" breeds: Saluki and Afghan hound.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Dreger Dayna L, Schmutz Sheila M
Abstract excerpt
Melanocortin 1 Receptor (MC1R) has been studied in a wide variety of domestic animals (Klungland et al. 1995; Marklund et al. 1996; Våge et al. 1997; Kijas et al. 1998; Newton et al. 2000; Våge et al. 2003), and also several wild animals (Robbins et al. 1993; Ritland et al. 2001; Eizirik et al. 2003; Nachman et al. 2003; McRobie et al. 2009) in relation to coat color variation. A variety of phenotypic changes...
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