Article
Chemical and electron microscopic studies of cattle (Bos taurus) with four types of phenotypic pigmentation.
Pigment cell research - 1 Jun 1993
Renieri C, Ceccarelli P, Gargiulo A M, Lauvergne J J, Monacelli G
Abstract excerpt
The biological behavior of the pigmentary phenotypes of four breeds of cattle has been analysed: the black pigmentation of Holstein Friesian; the red pigmentation of Limousin; the dilution in Charolais; and the postnatal disappearance of red pigmentation in Chianina. The analytic techniques included the characterization of melanins by high-performance liquid chromatography, the examination of follicular...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Cattle
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Female
- Hair Color
- Male
- Melanins
- Melanocytes
- Microscopy, Electron
- Phenotype