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dc.contributor.authorCransberg, R.
dc.contributor.authorMunyard, Kylie
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:23:30Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:23:30Z
dc.date.created2012-03-04T20:00:45Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationCransberg, Rhys and Munyard, Kylie Ann. 2011. Polymorphisms detected in the tyrosinase and matp (slc45a2) genes did not explain coat colour dilution in a sample of Alpaca (Vicugna pacos). Small Ruminant Research. 95 (2-3): pp. 92-96.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21143
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.smallrumres.2010.10.004
dc.description.abstract

The molecular basis of the inheritance of alpaca fibre colour is poorly understood. It is likely that colour dilution is having an influence on alpaca fibre colour, with all primarily pheomelanic animals differing mainly in their total melanin concentration, as opposed to relative concentrations of pheomelanin and eumelanin. Candidate genes to cause such dilution include tyrosinase (tyr) and membrane associated transport protein (matp), both of which have been associated with coat colour dilution in other species. PCR primers were designed in regions surrounding each exon of tyr and matp and these exons were sequenced in 24 animals with dilute or non-dilute colour phenotypes from around Australia. No polymorphism found in the coding region of any tyr or matp exon was associated with dilution in fibre colour.

dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectMelanin
dc.subjectPigment
dc.subjectEumelanin
dc.subjectFibre
dc.subjectPheomelanin
dc.titlePolymorphisms detected in the tyrosinase and matp (slc45a2) genes did not explain coat colour dilution in a sample of Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume95
dcterms.source.number2-3
dcterms.source.startPage92
dcterms.source.endPage96
dcterms.source.issn0921-4488
dcterms.source.titleSmall Ruminant Research
curtin.departmentSchool of Biomedical Sciences
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