Melanocortin 1-receptor (MC1R) mutations are associated with plumage colour in chicken

Animal Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 241-248

  Kerje, S ^a   Lind, J ^a   Schutz K ^a   Jensen, Per ^a,c   Andersson, Leif ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chicken; Extended black; MC1R; Plumage colour

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; FEATHERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 0038227204     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2003.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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