The albinism of the feral Asinara white donkeys (Equus asinus) is determined by a missense mutation in a highly conserved position of the tyrosinase (TYR) gene deduced protein

Animal Genetics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 120-124

  Utzeri, V J ^a   Bertolini, F ^a   Ribani, A ^a   Schiavo, G ^a   Dall'Olio, S ^a   Fontanesi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asinara island; coat colour; deleterious mutation; equid; oculocutaneous albinism Type 1; pigmentation; population genetics

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL; BREEDING; EQUIDAE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; RECESSIVE GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; BREEDING; EQUIDAE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84955215978     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/age.12386     Document Type: Article

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