Non-synonymous SNPs in MC 1 R gene are associated with the extended black variant in domestic ducks (A nas platyrhynchos)

Animal Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-216

  Yu, Wenhua ^a   Wang, Cui ^a   Xin, Qingwu ^a   Li, Shijun ^a   Feng, Yanping ^a   Peng, Xiuli ^a   Gong, Yanzhang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

duck; extended black; melanism; melanocortin 1 receptor; plumage color

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCK; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DUCKS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 84874941842     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2012.02377.x     Document Type: Article

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