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Gene MC1R : melanocortin 1 receptor (alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor) in Ovis aries

 See the equivalent entry at NCBI

In other species: taurine cattle , chicken , dog , domestic cat , horse , rabbit , pig , turkey , goat , Japanese quail , little striped whiptail , domestic yak , rock pocket mouse , jaguarundi , lesser earless lizard , ocellated lizard , woolly mammoth , jaguar , oldfield mouse , gray squirrel , American black bear , Arctic fox , red fox , Lesser snow goose , Bananaquit , gyrfalcon , Chestnut-bellied monarch , helmeted guineafowl , Arctic skua , red-footed booby , brown booby , Australian magpie , raccoon dog , Mallard , Arabian camel , reindeer , ruff , ass (donkey) , Geoffroy's cat , Chinese painted quail , domestic guinea pig , fallow deer , indicine cattle (zebu) , Eleonora's falcon , antarctic fur seal

Symbol: MC1R

Synonyms: MC1-R, MSH-R, TUBB3

Description: melanocortin 1 receptor (alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor)

Type of gene: protein-coding

NCBI gene id: 102099064

Other designations: melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor|Melanocortin receptor 1|tubulin, beta 3 class III

Links: Homologene , Ensembl

Genomic location: 14:14251730..14252683 [Chromosome accession NC_056067.1]

Related phenes:

OMIA:001199-9940 : Coat colour, extension in Ovis aries

References


Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
2016 Mahmoud, A.H., Mashaly, A.M., Al-Anazi, K.M., Rady, A.M., Saleh, A.A. :
Allelic variation of Melanocortin-1 Receptor (MC1R) locus in Saudi indigenous sheep exhibiting different color coats. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci , 2016. Pubmed reference: 27492350. DOI: 10.5713/ajas.16.0138.
2011 Fontanesi, L., Beretti, F., Dall'Olio, S., Portolano, B., Matassino, D., Russo, V. :
A melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene polymorphism is useful for authentication of Massese sheep dairy products. J Dairy Res 78:122-8, 2011. Pubmed reference: 21214968. DOI: 10.1017/S0022029910000890.

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