Progress in Adzuki Bean Seed Coat Colour Studies [PDF]
Plants, 2023 Seed coat colour is an important quality trait, domestication trait, and morphological marker, and it is closely associated with flavonoid and anthocyanin metabolism pathways.
Zhen Wang +6 more
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Seed coat colour of Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. and Coss.] is associated with Bju.TT8 homologs identifiable by targeted functional markers [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Seed coat colour is an important trait in Indian mustard. Breeding for seed coat colour needs precise knowledge of mode of inheritance and markers linked to it.
Manoj Kumar Patel +8 more
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Genetics of Base Coat Colour Variations and Coat Colour-Patterns of the South African Nguni Cattle Investigated Using High-Density SNP Genotypes [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 Nguni cattle are a Sanga type breed with mixed B. taurus and B. indicus ancestry and proven resistance to ticks, diseases and other harsh conditions of the African geographical landscape.
Langelihle Mbali Kunene +6 more
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Genetic effects on coat colour in cattle: dilution of eumelanin and phaeomelanin pigments in an F2-Backcross Charolais × Holstein population [PDF]
BMC Genetics, 2007 Background In cattle, the gene coding for the melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) is known to be the main regulator of the switch between the two coat colour pigments: eumelanin (black pigment) and phaeomelanin (red pigment).
Wiener Pamela +2 more
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Inheritance of coat colour in the cane Corso Italiano dog [PDF]
BMC Genetics, 2019 Background The inheritance of different coat colours in the Cane Corso Italiano dog has not been described thus far. We analysed data from 23,271 dogs and bitches using the Cane Corso Italiano Pedigree Database.
Evžen Korec +4 more
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Discovery of Potential Candidate Genes for Coat Colour in Wuzhishan Pigs by Integrating SNPs and mRNA Expression Analysis [PDF]
AnimalsDespite identifying genes regulating the coat colour in Western pig breeds, the genetic basis of the coat colour in Chinese indigenous pigs is still not understood due to the diversity of indigenous breeds and their genetic differences from exotic pigs ...
Qiao Xu +9 more
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Coat colours in the Massese sheep breed are associated with mutations in the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) and melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) genes [PDF]
Animal, 2011 Massese is an Italian dairy sheep breed characterized by animals with black skin and horns and black or apparent grey hairs. Owing to the presence of these two coat colour types, this breed can be considered an interesting model to evaluate the effects ...
L. Fontanesi +4 more
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One Hundred Years of Coat Colour Influences on Genetic Diversity in the Process of Development of a Composite Horse Breed [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Genetic diversity and demographic parameters were computed to evaluate the historic effects of coat colour segregation in the process of configuration of the Hispano-Arabian horse (Há). Pedigree records from 207,100 individuals born between 1884 and 2019
Carmen Marín Navas +5 more
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Association between coat colour and the behaviour of Australian Labrador retrievers [PDF]
Canine Genetics and Epidemiology, 2019 Background Making assumptions regarding temperament and intelligence based on the physical appearance of dogs can be a conscious or unconscious human act.
Diane van Rooy, Claire M. Wade
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Coat colour phenotype of Qingyu pig is associated with polymorphisms of melanocortin receptor 1 gene [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2017 Objective Qingyu pig, a Chinese indigenous pig breed, exhibits two types of coat colour phenotypes, including pure black and white with black spotting respectively.
Xiaoqian Wu +11 more
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