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Using Regulatory and Epistatic Networks to Extend the Findings of a Genome Scan: Identifying the Gene Drivers of Pigmentation in Merino Sheep

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

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Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits and Accuracy of Genomic Prediction: Coat Colour, Milk-Fat Percentage, and Type in Holstein Cattle as Contrasting Model Traits

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(2009) C. A. Morris et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

Genome scan for the degree of white spotting in dairy cattle

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

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Genome scan of pigmentation traits in Friesian-Jersey crossbred cattle

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Molecular variation in pigmentation genes contributing to coat colour in native Korean Hanwoo cattle

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Differences in the expression of the ASIP gene are involved in the recessive black coat colour pattern in sheep: evidence from the rare Xalda sheep breed

(2008) L. J. Royo et al.   ANIMAL GENETICS

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

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