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Evaluating the potential roles of the Gray and Extension loci in the coat coloration of Thoroughbred racing horses
Horses have substantial variation in coat color, and the genetic loci responsible for the coat color variations have been well investigated. It has been believed that some color variations should follow a single-locus Mendelian law. Examples include the Gray locus that causes the gray phenotype and...
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The Japanese Society of Equine Science
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28721125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.28.61 |
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author | SAKAMOTO, Takahiro FAWCETT, Jeffrey A. INNAN, Hideki |
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description | Horses have substantial variation in coat color, and the genetic loci responsible for the coat color variations have been well investigated. It has been believed that some color variations should follow a single-locus Mendelian law. Examples include the Gray locus that causes the gray phenotype and the Extension locus that specifies the chestnut phenotype. We reevaluated the roles of the Gray and Extension loci by using a large number of mating records of Thoroughbred racing horses. We showed that the data indeed fits the Mendelian law extremely well for the two loci. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the Extension and Agouti loci might have an additional role in determining the degree of melanin that should distinguish bay, dark bay, and brown. |
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spelling | pubmed-55064512017-07-18 Evaluating the potential roles of the Gray and Extension loci in the coat coloration of Thoroughbred racing horses SAKAMOTO, Takahiro FAWCETT, Jeffrey A. INNAN, Hideki J Equine Sci Note Horses have substantial variation in coat color, and the genetic loci responsible for the coat color variations have been well investigated. It has been believed that some color variations should follow a single-locus Mendelian law. Examples include the Gray locus that causes the gray phenotype and the Extension locus that specifies the chestnut phenotype. We reevaluated the roles of the Gray and Extension loci by using a large number of mating records of Thoroughbred racing horses. We showed that the data indeed fits the Mendelian law extremely well for the two loci. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the Extension and Agouti loci might have an additional role in determining the degree of melanin that should distinguish bay, dark bay, and brown. The Japanese Society of Equine Science 2017-07-06 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5506451/ /pubmed/28721125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.28.61 Text en 2017 The Japanese Society of Equine Science This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | Note SAKAMOTO, Takahiro FAWCETT, Jeffrey A. INNAN, Hideki Evaluating the potential roles of the Gray and Extension loci in the coat coloration of Thoroughbred racing horses |
title | Evaluating the potential roles of the Gray and Extension loci in the coat coloration of Thoroughbred racing horses |
title_full | Evaluating the potential roles of the Gray and Extension loci in the coat coloration of Thoroughbred racing horses |
title_fullStr | Evaluating the potential roles of the Gray and Extension loci in the coat coloration of Thoroughbred racing horses |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the potential roles of the Gray and Extension loci in the coat coloration of Thoroughbred racing horses |
title_short | Evaluating the potential roles of the Gray and Extension loci in the coat coloration of Thoroughbred racing horses |
title_sort | evaluating the potential roles of the gray and extension loci in the coat coloration of thoroughbred racing horses |
topic | Note |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5506451/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28721125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.28.61 |
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