Articles | Volume 61, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-173-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-173-2018
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19 Apr 2018
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Genetic background of coat colour in sheep

Anna Koseniuk, Katarzyna Ropka-Molik, Dominika Rubiś, and Grzegorz Smołucha

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The coat colour of animals is an extremely important trait that affects their behaviour and is decisive for survival in the natural environment. The trait serves to distinguish between breeds and varieties. Coat colour is also an important economic trait. Understanding the genetic background of variation in one of the most important phenotypic traits in livestock would help to identify new genes that have a great effect on the coat colour type.