Identification of a premature stop codon in the melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor gene (MC1R) in Labrador and Golden retrievers with yellow coat colour

Animal Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-199

  Everts, R E ^a   Rothuizen, J ^a   Van Oost, B A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Golden retrievers; Labrador retrievers; Melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor gene (MC1R); Premature stop codon

Indexed keywords

BREED; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOG; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; INTERMEDIN RECEPTOR; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR GENE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; VULPES VULPES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DOGS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0034043166     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00639.x     Document Type: Article

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