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[Effects of Kit gene on coat depigmentation in white horses].
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 1 Nov 2011
Bai Dong-Yi, Yang Li-Hua, Unerhu Unerhu, Zhao Yi-Ping, Zhao Qi-Nan, Hasigaowa Hasigaowa, Dugarjaviin Manglai
Abstract excerpt
Coat color of horse is an important basis for both species identification and individual recognition and is also one of the important references traits for breeding. Therefore, the research on the mechanism of coat fading has become an important part of horses' coat color study. It has been found that the white phenotype is closely related to the mutation of kit gene, which is located on chromosome 3....
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