Genetics of Coat Color in Cattle

Bovine Genomics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 20-33

  Schmutz, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASIP gene and agouti peptide; Cattle, molecular genetics of coat colors, patterns; Coat color and pattern, as hallmark in cattle breeds; Coat color loci and alleles in cattle; Coat color, gene interaction traits, and epistasis; Colors and patterns, specific mutations not identified; KIT and white spotting patterns; OCA, in Angus cattle; Trait inheritance patterns, dominant or recessive; TYRP1 gene, browning or chocolate coat colors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886210940     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118301739.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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