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MC1R c.310G>- and c.871G > A determine the coat color of Kumamoto sub-breed of Japanese Brown cattle.
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 1 Jan 2000
Matsumoto Hirokazu, Kojya Masatake, Takamuku Hiroko, Kimura Satoshi, Kashimura Atsushi, Imai Saki, Yamauchi Kenji, Ito Shuichi
Abstract excerpt
Coat color is one of the important factors characterizing breeds for domestic animals. Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) is a representative responsible gene for this phenotype. Two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in bovine MC1R gene, c.296T > C and c.310G>-, have been well characterized, but these SNPs are not enough to explain cattle coat color. As far as we know, MC1R genotypes of Kumamoto sub-breed of...
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