Mutations in MC1R Gene Determine Black Coat Color Phenotype in Chinese Sheep

Table 3

Haplotype and haplotype frequencies at MC1R in 10 Chinese sheep breeds.

Breed	Haplotype						Haplotype frequency
	1/1	1/2	2/2	1/3	2/3	3/3	Haplotype1 [TGCTC]	Haplotype2 [TGTGT]	Haplotype3 [AATGT]
Minxian Black-fur	0	0	0	10	19	17	0.1087	0.2065	0.6848
Tibetan	5	18	18	0	1	0	0.3571	0.6310	0.0119
Large-tailed Han	32	14	2	0	0	0	0.8125	0.1875	0.0000
Small-tailed Han	8	16	10	0	0	0	0.4706	0.5294	0.0000
Mongolian	14	22	6	6	2	1	0.5490	0.3529	0.0981
Tan	17	19	7	1	1	0	0.6000	0.3778	0.2222
Kazakh Fat-Rumped	0	7	1	5	3	2	0.3333	0.3333	0.3333
Gansu Alpine Merino	11	18	5	0	0	0	0.5735	0.4265	0.0000
China Merino	9	16	2	0	0	0	0.6667	0.3333	0.0000
Duolang	8	14	5	0	1	0	0.5357	0.4464	0.0179

Notes: Haplotypes are indicated following the SNP positions in the MC1R gene: c.218 T>A, c.361 G>A, c.429 C>T, c.600 T>G, and c.735 C>T.