Coat colour in marsupials: genetic variants at the ASIP locus determine grey and black fur of the brushtail possum [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThe possession of fur or hair is a defining characteristic of mammals and can occur in a variety of colours and patterns. While genetic determinants of coat colour are well described in eutherian ‘placental’ mammals, the other major mammalian infraclass,
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A genome-wide scan study identifies a single nucleotide substitution in MC1R gene associated with white coat colour in fallow deer (Dama dama) [PDF]
BMC Genetics, 2020 Background The coat colour of fallow deer is highly variable and even white animals can regularly be observed in game farming and in the wild. Affected animals do not show complete albinism but rather some residual pigmentation resembling a very pale ...
Gerald Reiner +6 more
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Polymorphism of the Melanocortin 1 Receptor (MC1R) Gene and its Role in Determining the Coat Colour of Central European Cattle Breeds [PDF]
Animals, 2020 There are many genes responsible for the appearance of different coat colours, among which the melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R) plays an important role. The aim of the study was to characterize genetic variation in Central European cattle breeds based
Karolina Kasprzak-Filipek +5 more
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Genetic polymorphism of adult reindeer coat colour in a herding cooperative in Finnish Lapland [PDF]
Rangifer, 2011 In a random sample of 188 adult reindeer belonging to a reindeer herding cooperative in Finnish Lapland, the following coat colour mutants were identified: Abf at the locus Agouti (A), kalppinokka (WNk) at the locus White Nose (WN) and white at the locus
Jean J. Lauvergne, Mauri Nieminen
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Loss of strumpellin in the melanocytic lineage impairs the WASH Complex but does not affect coat colour. [PDF]
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res, 2016 The five-subunit WASH complex generates actin networks that participate in endocytic trafficking, migration and invasion in various cell types. Loss of one of the two subunits WASH or strumpellin in mice is lethal, but little is known about their role in
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Genomic mapping identifies two genetic variants in the MC1R gene for coat colour variation in Chinese Tan sheep. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Coat colour is one of the most important economic traits of sheep and is mainly used for breed identification and characterization. This trait is determined by the biochemical function, availability and distribution of phaeomelanin and eumelanin pigments.
Gebremedhin Gebreselassie +7 more
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A genome-wide scan study identifies a single nucleotide substitution in the tyrosinase gene associated with white coat colour in a red deer (Cervus elaphus) population [PDF]
BMC Genetics, 2020 Background Red deer with very pale coat colour are observed sporadically. In the red deer (Cervus elaphus) population of Reinhardswald in Germany, about 5% of animals have a white coat colour that is not associated with albinism.
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miRNA-200a suppresses GNAI1 and PLCB4 to modulate skin pigmentation in cashmere goats [PDF]
Scientific ReportsCoat colour formation in mammals is influenced by melanogenesis and pigmentation processes regulated by miRNAs, including miRNA-200a. Although miRNA-200a is differentially expressed in the skin of cashmere goats with varying coat colours, its regulatory ...
Jianping Li +5 more
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Genetic background of coat colour in sheep [PDF]
Archives Animal Breeding, 2018 The coat colour of animals is an extremely important trait that affects their behaviour and is decisive for survival in the natural environment.
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CHARACTERISATION OF COAT COLOUR IN THE SLOVENIAN POSAVJE HORSE
Slovenian Veterinary Research, 2021 Different approaches and classification systems have been established to describe equine coat colour, which varies between breeds and countries. In the present study, we first characterised the coat colour variability in the Slovenian Posavje Horse ...
Gertrud Grilz-Seger +3 more
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