Inheritance of goat coat colors.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111454

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Inheritance of goat coat colors.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Adalsteinsson S, Sponenberg D P, Alexieva S, Russel A J

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Goat color inheritance was evaluated based on color description of 218 kids and their parents (10 sires, 178 dams) from mixed crosses between several goat populations in an experiment on cashmere fiber production. Altogether 10 color patterns were observed. They were postulated to be caused by 10...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genes, Recessive
Genotype
Goats
Hair Color
Male
Phenotype

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