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Convergent Evolution of Slick Coat in Cattle through Truncation Mutations in the Prolactin Receptor

Evolutionary adaptations are occasionally convergent solutions to the same problem. A mutation contributing to a heat tolerance adaptation in Senepol cattle, a New World breed of mostly European descent, results in the distinct phenotype known as slick, where an animal has shorter hair and lower fol...

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Autores principales: Porto-Neto, Laercio R., Bickhart, Derek M., Landaeta-Hernandez, Antonio J., Utsunomiya, Yuri T., Pagan, Melvin, Jimenez, Esbal, Hansen, Peter J., Dikmen, Serdal, Schroeder, Steven G., Kim, Eui-Soo, Sun, Jiajie, Crespo, Edward, Amati, Norman, Cole, John B., Null, Daniel J., Garcia, Jose F., Reverter, Antonio, Barendse, William, Sonstegard, Tad S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5829098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29527221
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00057