Melanin inhibitor: a dominant gene in the domestic cat.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109401

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Melanin inhibitor: a dominant gene in the domestic cat.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Turner P, Robinson R

Abstract excerpt

Melanin inhibitor (symbol I) is shown to be inherited as a dominant to the wild type and independent of the albino locus. The gene inhibits the formation of melanin in the less intensely pigmented regions of the coat, namely, the agouti areas between the tabby pattern and the proximal portion of...

Topics

Animals
Cats
Female
Genes
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Variation
Hair Color
Inbreeding
Male
Melanins
Phenotype

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