Sequence analysis of three pigmentation genes in the Newfoundland population of Canis latrans links the Golden Retriever Mc1r variant to white coat color in coyotes

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 134-141

  Brockerville, Ryan M ^a   McGrath, Michael J ^b   Pilgrim, Brettney L ^a   Marshall, H Dawn ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Government of Newfoundland and Labrador   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

AGOUTI GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CBD103 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COYOTE; DOG; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOLDEN RETRIEVER; HAIR COLOR; HOMOZYGOSITY; INTROGRESSION; MC1R GENE; MELANOCYTE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOP CODON;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CODON, NONSENSE; COYOTES; DOGS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; MUTATION; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 84877797274     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-012-9443-x     Document Type: Article

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