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Signature of Balancing Selection at the MC1R Gene in Kunming Dog Populations

Coat color in dog breeds is an excellent character for revealing the power of artificial selection, as it is extremely diverse and likely the result of recent domestication. Coat color is generated by melanocytes, which synthesize pheomelanin (a red or yellow pigment) or eumelanin (a black or brown...

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Autores principales: Wang, Guo-dong, Cheng, Lu-guang, Fan, Ruo-xi, Irwin, David M., Tang, Shu-sheng, Peng, Jian-guo, Zhang, Ya-ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23424634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055469