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Microarray-based analysis of the differential expression of melanin synthesis genes in dark and light-muzzle Korean cattle.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Kim Sang Hwan, Hwang Sue Yun, Yoon Jong Taek
Abstract excerpt
The coat color of mammals is determined by the melanogenesis pathway, which is responsible for maintaining the balance between black-brown eumelanin and yellow-reddish pheomelanin. It is also believed that the color of the bovine muzzle is regulated in a similar manner; however, the molecular mechanism underlying pigment deposition in the dark-muzzle has yet to be elucidated. The aim of the present study was to...
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