Articles | Volume 61, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-131-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-131-2018
Original study
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08 Mar 2018
Original study |  | 08 Mar 2018

An examination of melanogenic traits and TYRP1 polymorphism in Nanping and Romney Marsh sheep breeds

Gouzhi Li, Heli Xiong, Dongmei Xi, Sameeullah Memon, Liping Wang, Xiangying Liu, and Weidong Deng

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Compared with worldwide normal sheep with reddish muscle, the Nanping black-boned sheep is the only mammal similar to silky fowl with black muscles. The effects of mutations of the gene for tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TYRP1) on the black muscles and coat color in Nanping black-boned sheep were investigated.