A genome-wide scan study identifies a single nucleotide substitution in ASIP associated with white versus non-white coat-colour variation in sheep (Ovis aries)

Selection and microevolution of coat pattern are cryptic in a wild population of sheep

(2012) J. GRATTEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genome-Wide Analysis of the World's Sheep Breeds Reveals High Levels of Historic Mixture and Strong Recent Selection

(2012) James W. Kijas et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Three novel mutations in ASIP associated with black fibre in alpacas ( Vicugna pacos)

(2011) N. L. FEELEY et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Genome-wide association mapping identifies the genetic basis of discrete and quantitative variation in sexual weaponry in a wild sheep population

(2011) SUSAN E. JOHNSTON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Meta-Analysis for Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Multiple Variants at the BIN1 Locus Associated with Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease

(2011) Xiaolan Hu et al.   PLoS One

A Comparison of Approaches to Estimate the Inbreeding Coefficient and Pairwise Relatedness Using Genomic and Pedigree Data in a Sheep Population

(2011) Meng-Hua Li et al.   PLoS One

Coat colours in the Massese sheep breed are associated with mutations in the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) and melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) genes

(2010) L. Fontanesi et al.   Animal

Genetic variation within coat color genes of MC1R and ASIP in Chinese brownish red Tibetan pigs

(2010) Huirong MAO et al.   ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

A genome-wide SNP-association study confirms a sequence variant (g.66493737C>T) in the equine myostatin (MSTN) gene as the most powerful predictor of optimum racing distance for Thoroughbred racehorses

(2010) Emmeline W Hill et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Variations in the Coding Region of the Agouti Signaling Protein Gene Do Not Explain Agouti/Non-agouti Phenotypes in Macaques

(2010) Kazuhiro Nakayama et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

A genome-wide set of SNPs detects population substructure and long range linkage disequilibrium in wild sheep

(2010) J.M. MILLER et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

(2010) Elizabeth K Speliotes et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Microphthalmia in Texel Sheep Is Associated with a Missense Mutation in the Paired-Like Homeodomain 3 (PITX3) Gene

(2010) Doreen Becker et al.   PLoS One

Investigation of a Genome Wide Association Signal for Obesity: Synthetic Association and Haplotype Analyses at the Melanocortin 4 Receptor Gene Locus

(2010) André Scherag et al.   PLoS One

Adaptation genomics: the next generation

(2010) Jessica Stapley et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Genome mapping in intensively studied wild vertebrate populations

(2010) Jon Slate et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Defining and Mapping Mammalian Coat Pattern Genes: Multiple Genomic Regions Implicated in Domestic Cat Stripes and Spots

(2009) E. Eizirik et al.   GENETICS

Molecular cloning, sequence characteristics, and polymorphism analyses of the tyrosinase-related protein 2 / DOPAchrome tautomerase gene of black-boned sheep (Ovis aries)

(2009) Weidong Deng et al.   GENOME

Characterization of the rabbit agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene: Transcripts and phylogenetic analyses and identification of the causative mutation of the nonagouti black coat colour

(2009) Luca Fontanesi et al.   GENOMICS

The genetic basis of recessive self-colour pattern in a wild sheep population

(2009) J Gratten et al.   HEREDITY

Extensive linkage disequilibrium in a wild bird population

(2009) M H Li et al.   HEREDITY

Genetic diversity and pedigree analysis of the Finnsheep breed1

(2009) M.-H. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Association Study of Tanning Phenotype in a Population of European Ancestry

(2009) Hongmei Nan et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

A Genome Wide Survey of SNP Variation Reveals the Genetic Structure of Sheep Breeds

(2009) James W. Kijas et al.   PLoS One

Coat Variation in the Domestic Dog Is Governed by Variants in Three Genes

(2009) E. Cadieu et al.   SCIENCE

Revealing the History of Sheep Domestication Using Retrovirus Integrations

(2009) B. Chessa et al.   SCIENCE

Three Genome-wide Association Studies and a Linkage Analysis Identify HERC2 as a Human Iris Color Gene

(2008) Manfred Kayser et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

LOSITAN: A workbench to detect molecular adaptation based on a Fst-outlier method

(2008) Tiago Antao et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

MC1R variants correlate with thinhorn sheep colour cline but not individual colour

(2008) J. Loehr et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

A gene duplication affecting expression of the ovine ASIP gene is responsible for white and black sheep

(2008) B. J. Norris et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A cis-acting regulatory mutation causes premature hair graying and susceptibility to melanoma in the horse

(2008) Gerli Rosengren Pielberg et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Alleles Associated with Hair Color and Skin Pigmentation

(2008) Jiali Han et al.   PLoS Genetics

Isolated populations and complex disease gene identification

(2008) Kati Kristiansson et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Inheritance of coat colour in Merino sheep

(2007) C. Renieri et al.   SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH