Copyright © 2009 Shi-Yi Chen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Linked References

1. A. G. Searle, Comparative Genetics of Coat Colour in Mammals, Logos Press, London, UK, 1968.
2. I. J. Jackson, “Molecular and developmental genetics of mouse coat color,” Annual Review of Genetics, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 189–217, 1994. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
3. I. J. Jackson, “Homologous pigmentation mutations in human, mouse and other model organisms,” Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 1613–1624, 1997. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
4. L. S. Robbins, J. H. Nadeau, K. R. Johnson, et al., “Pigmentation phenotypes of variant extension locus alleles result from point mutations that alter MSH receptor function,” Cell, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 827–834, 1993. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
5. H. Klungland, D. I. Vage, L. Gomez-Raya, S. Adalsteinsson, and S. Lien, “The role of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) receptor in bovine coat color determination,” Mammalian Genome, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 636–639, 1995. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
6. H. Joerg, H. R. Fries, E. Meijerink, and G. F. Stranzinger, “Red coat color in Holstein cattle is associated with a deletion in the MSHR gene,” Mammalian Genome, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 317–318, 1996. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
7. F. Rouzaud, J. Martin, P. F. Gallet, et al., “A first genotyping assay of French cattle breeds based on a new allele of the extension gene encoding the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R),” Genetics Selection Evolution, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 511–520, 2000. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
8. D. I. Våge, H. Klungland, D. Lu, and R. D. Cone, “Molecular and pharmacological characterization of dominant black coat color in sheep,” Mammalian Genome, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 39–43, 1999. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
9. L. Fontanesi, F. Beretti, V. Riggio, et al., “Missense and nonsense mutations in melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene of different goat breeds: association with red and black coat colour phenotypes but with unexpected evidences,” BMC Genetics. In press.
10. L. Marklund, M. J. Moller, K. Sandberg, and L. Andersson, “A missense mutation in the gene for melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor (MC1R) is associated with the chestnut coat color in horses,” Mammalian Genome, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 895–899, 1996. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
11. J. M. Kijas, R. Wales, A. Tornsten, et al., “Melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) mutations and coat color in pigs,” Genetics, vol. 150, no. 3, pp. 1177–1185, 1998.
12. J. M. H. Kijas, M. Moller, G. Plastow, and L. Andersson, “A frameshift mutation in MC1R and a high frequency of somatic reversions cause black spotting in pigs,” Genetics, vol. 158, no. 2, pp. 779–785, 2001.
13. L. Fontanesi, M. Tazzoli, F. Beretti, and V. Russo, “Mutations in the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene are associated with coat colours in the domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus),” Animal Genetics, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 489–493, 2006. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
14. S. Kerje, J. Lind, K. Schütz, P. Jensen, and L. Andersson, “Melanocortin 1-receptor (MC1R) mutations are associated with plumage colour in chicken,” Animal Genetics, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 241–248, 2003. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
15. L. A. Werth, G. A. Hawkins, A. Eggen, et al., “Rapid communication: melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor (MC1R) maps to bovine chromosome 18,” Journal of Animal Science, vol. 74, no. 1, p. 262, 1996.
16. C. Maudet and P. Taberlet, “Holstein's milk detection in cheeses inferred from melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) gene polymorphism,” Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 707–715, 2002.
17. T. G. Berryere, S. M. Schmutz, R. J. Schimpf, C. M. Cowan, and J. Potter, “TYRP1 is associated with dun coat colour in Dexter cattle or how now brown cow?,” Animal Genetics, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 169–175, 2003. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
18. V. Russo, L. Fontanesi, E. Scotti, M. Tazzoli, S. Dall'Olio, and R. Davoli, “Analysis of melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene polymorphisms in some cattle breeds: their usefulness and application for breed traceability and authentication of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese,” Italian Journal of Animal Science, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 257–272, 2007.
19. D. Graphodatskaya, H. Joerg, and G. Stranzinger, “Molecular and pharmacological characterisation of the MSH-R alleles in Swiss cattle breeds,” Journal of Receptor and Signal Transduction Research, vol. 22, no. 1–4, pp. 421–430, 2002. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
20. H. Qiu, Z. R. Qing, Y. C. Chen, and D. A. Wang, Bovine Breeds in China, Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers, Shanghai, China, 1988.
21. T. A. Olson, “Genetics of colour variation,” in The Genetics of Cattle, R. Fries and A. Ruvinsky, Eds., pp. 33–53, CAB International, Cambridge, UK, 1999.
22. Y. K. Chen, H. Z. Huang, B. Liu, et al., “Study on color inheritance of yaks,” China Yak, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 33–36, 1994 (Chinese).
23. B. Kriegesmann, B. Dierkes, T. Leeb, S. Jansen, and B. Brenig, “Two breed-specific bovine MC1-R alleles in Brown Swiss and Saler breeds,” Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 84, no. 7, pp. 1768–1771, 2001.
24. H. Klungland, H. G. Olsen, M. S. Hassanane, K. Mahrous, and D. I. Våge, “Coat colour genes in diversity studies,” Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, vol. 117, no. 4, pp. 217–224, 2000. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
25. K. Hofmann and W. Stoffel, “TMbase—a database of membrane spanning proteins segments,” Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler, vol. 374, pp. 166–168, 1993.
26. P. D. Thomas, M. J. Campbell, A. Kejariwal, et al., “PANTHER: a library of protein families and subfamilies indexed by function,” Genome Research, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 2129–2141, 2003. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
27. P. D. Thomas and A. Kejariwal, “Coding single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with complex vs. Mendelian disease: evolutionary evidence for differences in molecular effects,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 101, no. 43, pp. 15398–15403, 2004. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
28. P. D. Thomas, A. Kejariwal, N. Guo, et al., “Applications for protein sequence-function evolution data: mRNA/protein expression analysis and coding SNP scoring tools,” Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 34, web server issue, pp. W645–W650, 2006. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
29. L. R. Brunham, R. R. Singaraja, T. D. Pape, A. Kejariwal, P. D. Thomas, and M. R. Hayden, “Accurate prediction of the functional significance of single nucleotide polymorphisms and mutations in the ABCA1 gene,” PLoS Genetics, vol. 1, no. 6, article e83, pp. 739–747, 2005. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
30. S.-J. Lai, S.-Y. Chen, Y.-P. Liu, and Y.-G. Yao, “Mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity and origin of Chinese domestic yak,” Animal Genetics, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 77–80, 2007. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed
31. K. Ritland, C. Newton, and H. D. Marshall, “Inheritance and population structure of the white-phased “Kermode” black bear,” Current Biology, vol. 11, no. 18, pp. 1468–1472, 2001. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar
32. P. Valverde, E. Healy, I. Jackson, J. L. Rees, and A. J. Thody, “Variants of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor gene are associated with red hair and fair skin in humans,” Nature Genetics, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 328–330, 1995. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at PubMed