Pigmentation in Black-boned sheep (Ovis aries): association with polymorphism of the Tyrosinase gene

• Published in: Molecular biology reports Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 379 - 385
• Main Authors: Deng, W. D., Xi, D. M., Gou, X., Yang, S. L., Shi, X. W., Mao, H. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alleles; Animal Anatomy; Animal Biochemistry; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Color; Exons; Exons - genetics; Gene frequency; Gene polymorphism; Genetic markers; Genotype; Genotype & phenotype; Glutathione; Guanylate cyclase; Histology; Life Sciences; Marshes; Molecular biology; Monophenol monooxygenase; Monophenol Monooxygenase - genetics; Monophenol Monooxygenase - metabolism; Morphology; Mutation; Nucleotides - genetics; Ovis aries; Pigmentation; Pigmentation - genetics; Pigments; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Genetic - genetics; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Sheep; tyrosinase gene; Black-boned sheep; Pigmentation; Tyrosinase

Measurements were made in Black-boned ( n  = 40) and normal ( n  = 23) sheep ( Ovis aries ) from a flock in Nanping County of Yunnan Province, China, as well as a group ( n  = 21) of Romney Marsh sheep ( O. aries ) with the view to explaining the basis of the dark pigmentation occurring in the Black...