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Potential Causative Mutation for Melanism in Rats Identified in the Agouti Signaling Protein Gene (Asip) of the Rattus rattus Species Complex on Okinawa Island, Japan.

Zoological science - 1 Dec 2017

Sasamori Shoichi, Wiewel Andrew S, Thomson Vicki A, Kobayashi Motoko, Nakata Katsushi, Suzuki Hitoshi

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The occurrence of black fur, or melanism, in many mammalian species is known to be linked to DNA sequence variation in the agouti signaling protein (Asip) gene, which is a major determinant of eumelanin and pheomelanin pigments in coat color. We investigated 38 agouti (i.e., banded wildtype) and four melanistic Rattus rattus species complex (RrC) lineage II specimens from Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan,...

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PMID: 29219041
DOI: 10.2108/zs170027

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