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Interaction of MC1R and PMEL alleles on solid coat colors in Highland cattle.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2013
Schmutz Sheila M, Dreger Dayna L
Abstract excerpt
Six solid colors occur in Highland cattle: black, dun, silver dun and red, yellow, and white. These six coat colors are explained by a non-epistatic interaction of the genotypes at the MC1R and PMEL genes. A three base pair deletion in the PMEL gene leading to the deletion of a leucine from the signal peptide is observed in dilute-colored Highland cattle (c.50_52delTTC, p.Leu18del). The mutant PMEL allele acts in...
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