Assignment of the horse grey coat colour gene to ECA25 using whole genome scanning

Animal Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 338-342

  Swinburne, J E ^a   Hopkins, A ^a   Binns, M M ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coat colour; Equus; Grey; Horse; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HORSES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036800919     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2002.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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