Melanism in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) is associated with a deletion of Phenylalanine-256 in the MC1R gene

Animal Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 656-658

  Vidal, O ^a   Araguas, R M ^a   Fernandez R ^a   Heras, S ^a   Sanz, N ^a   Pla, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

guinea fowl; MC1R; melanism

Indexed keywords

DNA; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANINE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEATHER; GALLIFORMES; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELANOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEATHERS; GALLIFORMES; GENOTYPE; MELANOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLALANINE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS;

EID: 77955509397     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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