Abstract The melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) is a G protein-coupled receptor expressed in
cutaneous and hair follicle melanocytes, and plays a central role in coat color determination …

Objective Mongolia is one of a few countries that supports over 25 million goats, but genetic
diversity, demographic history, and the origin of goat populations in Mongolia have not been …

Objective Characterization studies of the phenotypic and genetic diversity of Mongolian
goats are limited, despite several goat breeds being registered in the country. This study …

Climate change negatively influences the productive and reproductive abilities of goats.
There is a need to understand the relationship between heat stress and genes that may aid …

KLF4 expression has been associated with hair color in mammals and has also been found
to regulate melanoma cell growth. Here, we assessed the influence of KLF4 on coat color …

Objective The current study aimed to perform whole-genome resequencing of Chinese
indigenous Mongolian sheep breeds including Ujimqin, Sunit, and Wu Ranke sheep breeds …

In domestic goats, coat color is genetically determined as an important character and has an
economic value. The aim of this study was to identify polymorphisms in the entire coding …

要 約毛色は外観から容易に判別できる遺伝的形質である. 毛色は色素細胞において産生する 2
種類のメラニン色素, ユーメラニンとフェオメラニンにより作られる. ユーメラニンは黒/茶色を …