Genetic heterogeneity at the bovine KIT gene in cattle breeds carrying different putative alleles at the spotting locus

Animal Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-303

  Fontanesi, L ^a   Tazzoli, M ^a,b   Russo, V ^a   Beever, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Coat colour; Haplotypes; KIT; Polymorphisms; Spotting locus

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; PIGMENTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77952044656     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.02007.x     Document Type: Article

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