Study of hair melanins in various hair color alpaca (lama pacos)

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-449

  Fan, Ruiwen ^a   Yang, Gang ^a   Dong, Changsheng ^a  

^a Agricultural University   (China)

Author keywords

Alkali soluble melanin; Alpaca hair color; Correlation; Eumelanin; Pheomelanin

Indexed keywords

LAMA PACOS;

EID: 77952999486     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2010.90333     Document Type: Article

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