Ectopic position of duplicated KIT gene in African Nguni cattle, associated with color sidedness, confirms its shared ancestry with the Bos taurus lineage

Anim Genet. 2017 Feb;48(1):122-123. doi: 10.1111/age.12495. Epub 2016 Sep 12.

Authors

Izabela Szczerbal¹, Terence J Robinson², Assumpta Duran², Sewellyn C Davey³, Magnus Andersson⁴, Marek Switonski¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wolynska 33, Poznan, 60-637, Poland.
² Evolutionary Genomics Group, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.
³ Department of Agriculture, Western Cape, PO Box 247, Malmesbury, 7300, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Production Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Paroninkuja 20, Saarentaus, 04920, Finland.

PMID: 27615384
DOI: 10.1111/age.12495

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Breeding
Cattle / genetics*
Genes, Duplicate*
Genetic Variation
Hair
Hair Color / genetics*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics*

Substances

Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit