The red head and neck of Boer goats may be controlled by the recessive allele of the MC1R gene

Animal Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-322

  Wu, Zhao Long ^a,b,c,d   Li, Xiang Long ^a,b   Liu, Yan Qiang ^c   Gong, Yuan Fang ^b   Liu, Zheng Zhu ^b   Wang, Xiao Juan ^b   Xin, Tian Rong ^e   Ji, Qing ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JISHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boer goat; K226E mutation; MC1R gene; Red head and neck; White coat

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 33746926034     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: 16273591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2006020     Document Type: Article

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