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Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene in some goat breeds in tropical and temperate climates.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jul 2013
Adefenwa Mufliat A, Peters Sunday O, Agaviezor Brilliant O, Wheto Matthew, Adekoya Khalid O, Okpeku Moses, Oboh Bola, Williams Gabriel O, Adebambo Olufunmilayo A, Singh Mahipal, Thomas Bolaji, De Donato Marcos, Imumorin Ikhide G
Abstract excerpt
The agouti-signaling protein (ASIP) plays a major role in mammalian pigmentation as an antagonist to melanocortin-1 receptor gene to stimulate pheomelanin synthesis, a major pigment conferring mammalian coat color. We sequenced a 352 bp fragment of ASIP gene spanning part of exon 2 and part of intron 2 in 215 animals representing six goat breeds from Nigeria and the United States: West African Dwarf,...
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