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Fifteen Shades of Grey: Combined Analysis of Genome-Wide SNP Data in Steppe and Mediterranean Grey Cattle Sheds New Light on the Molecular Basis of Coat Color.
Genes - 13 Aug 2020
Senczuk Gabriele, Guerra Lorenzo, Mastrangelo Salvatore, Campobasso Claudia, Zoubeyda Kaouadji, Imane Meghelli, Marletta Donata, Kusza Szilvia, Karsli Taki, Gaouar Semir Bachir Souheil, Pilla Fabio, Ciani Elena, The Bovita Consortium
Abstract excerpt
Coat color is among the most distinctive phenotypes in cattle. Worldwide, several breeds share peculiar coat color features such as the presence of a fawn pigmentation of the calf at birth, turning over time to grey, and sexual dichromatism. The aim of this study was to search for polymorphisms under differential selection by contrasting grey cattle breeds displaying the above phenotype with non-grey cattle...
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