The genetic basis of white tigers

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1031-1035

  Xu, Xiao ^a   Dong, Gui Xin ^b   Hu, Xue Song ^a   Miao, Lin ^a   Zhang, Xue Li ^b   Zhang, De Lu ^b   Yang, Han Dong ^b   Zhang, Tian You ^b   Zou, Zheng Ting ^a   Zhang, Ting Ting ^a   Zhuang, Yan ^a   Bhak, Jong ^c   Cho, Yun Sung ^c   Dai, Wen Tao ^d   Jiang, Tai Jiao ^d   Xie, Can ^a   Li, Ruiqiang ^a   Luo, Shu Jin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chimelong Group Co   (China)

^c Personal Genomics Institute   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANAUS MELANIPPUS; EQUIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS;

CARRIER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAIR; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; TIGER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAIR; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TIGERS;

EID: 84878590228     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.04.054     Document Type: Article

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