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A novel heterozygote allele in caprine melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene: an association with heat stress traits.
Tropical animal health and production - 7 Feb 2023
Venkatesh K M, Mishra Chinmoy, Pradhan Sukanta Kumar, Behera Kumaresh, Mishra Smruti Ranjan, Nayak Gangadhar
Abstract excerpt
Climate change negatively influences the productive and reproductive abilities of goats. There is a need to understand the relationship between heat stress and genes that may aid in the development of climate-resilient goats. Melanism variation in goats plays a role in thermoregulation, in which the melanogenic genes have a pleiotropic effect on the regulation of physiological responses and behavior that are...
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