Molecular characterization of the Himalayan mink

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 256-259

  Benkel, Bernhard F ^a   Rouvinen Watt, Kirsti ^a   Farid, Hossain ^a   Anistoroaei, Razvan ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MELANOGENESIS; MINK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MALE; MINK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 64949123876     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-009-9177-6     Document Type: Article

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