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An Independent Locus Upstream of ASIP Controls Variation in the Shade of the Bay Coat Colour in Horses.
Genes - 30 May 2020
Corbin Laura J, Pope Jessica, Sanson Jacqueline, Antczak Douglas F, Miller Donald, Sadeghi Raheleh, Brooks Samantha A
Abstract excerpt
Novel coat colour phenotypes often emerge during domestication, and there is strong evidence of genetic selection for the two main genes that control base coat colour in horses-ASIP and MC1R. These genes direct the type of pigment produced, red pheomelanin (MC1R) or black eumelanin (ASIP), as well as the relative concentration and the temporal-spatial distribution of melanin pigment deposits in the skin and hair...
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