A new mutation in MC1R explains a coat color phenotype in 2 "old" breeds: Saluki and Afghan Hound

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 644-649

  Dreger, Dayna L ^a   Schmutz, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afghan hound; ASIP; coat color; domino; grizzle; MC1R; pigmentation; Saluki

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHEOMELANIN;

AFGHAN HOUND; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DOG; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALUKI;

ANIMALS; DOGS; HAIR COLOR; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77955010419     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq061     Document Type: Article

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