The genetics of brown coat color and white spotting in domestic yaks (Bos grunniens)

Animal Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 652-659

  Zhang, M Q ^a   Xu, X ^a   Luo, S J ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

cattle; coat color; KIT; MC1R; PMEL; yak

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHINA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAIR COLOR; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84907897336     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/age.12191     Document Type: Article

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