Investigation of the role of the agouti signaling protein gene (ASIP) in coat color evolution in primates

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1205-1213

  Mundy, Nicholas I ^a   Kelly, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; AGOUTI SIGNALING PROTEIN; PHEOMELANIN;

APE; ARTICLE; ASIP GENE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; MACACA; MC1R GENE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAIR COLOR; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AGOUTI; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

EID: 33845477721     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-006-0056-0     Document Type: Article

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