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Mutations in MC1R gene determine black coat color phenotype in Chinese sheep.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 1 Jan 2013
Yang Guang-Li, Fu Dong-Li, Lang Xia, Wang Yu-Tao, Cheng Shu-Ru, Fang Su-Li, Luo Yu-Zhu
Abstract excerpt
The melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) plays a central role in regulation of animal coat color formation. In this study, we sequenced the complete coding region and parts of the 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions of the MC1R gene in Chinese sheep with completely white (Large-tailed Han sheep), black (Minxian Black-fur sheep), and brown coat colors (Kazakh Fat-Rumped sheep). The results showed five single nucleotide...
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