A 14-bp insertion in endothelin receptor B-like (EDNRB2) is associated with white plumage in Chinese geese

BackgroundGang goose is a native species with gray plumage in Sichuan, China. As a result of overhunting, the number of gray Gang geese has decreased dramatically. To keep the species from extinction, conservation work for Gang geese was undertaken. In the process of pure breeding of gray Gang geese...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC genomics 2020-02, Vol.21 (1), p.162-10, Article 162
Hauptverfasser:	Xi, Yang, Wang, Lei, Liu, Hehe, Ma, Shengchao, Li, Yanying, Li, Liang, Wang, Jiwen, Han, Chunchun, Bai, Lili, Mustafa, Ahsan, He, Hua
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alleles Amino acids Animal feathers Aquatic birds Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology Breeding Color DNA sequencing EDNRB2 Endothelin Endothelins Extinction (Biology) Feathers Fixation index analysis Frameshift mutation Geese Gene expression Gene sequencing Genes Genetic aspects Genetic research Genetics & Heredity Genome and transcriptome sequencing Genomes Genomics Genotype & phenotype Indigenous species Insertion Life Sciences & Biomedicine Messenger RNA mRNA turnover Mutation Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay Offspring Overhunting Phenotypes Physiological aspects Plumage Plumage color genetics Poultry Proteins RNA Science & Technology Species extinction Whole genome sequencing Wildlife conservation
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