Conserved distal promoter of the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene controls sexual dichromatism in chickens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-237

  Oribe, Eri ^a   Fukao, Ayaka ^a   Yoshihara, Chihiro ^a   Mendori, Misa ^a   Rosal, Karen G ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a   Takeuchi, Sakae ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASIP; Chicken; Feather; Melanocortin; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; AOUTI SIGNALING PROTEIN GENE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTERSHADING; EMBRYO; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DICHROMATISM; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84861704984     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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