Gene MC1R : melanocortin 1 receptor (alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor) in Sus scrofa

See the equivalent entry at NCBI

In other species: taurine cattle , chicken , dog , domestic cat , horse , rabbit , 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 , sheep , 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

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

Type of gene: protein-coding

NCBI gene id: 494018

Other designations: melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor|MC1R melanocortin 1 receptor|melanocortin 1 receptor alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor|melanocortin receptor 1

Links: Homologene , Ensembl

Genomic location: 6:182187..181225 [Chromosome accession NC_010448.4]

Related phenes:

OMIA:001199-9823 : Coat colour, extension in Sus scrofa

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 Liu, R., Jin, L., Long, K., Chai, J., Ma, J., Tang, Q., Tian, S., Hu, Y., Lin, L., Wang, X., Jiang, A., Li, X., Li, M. :
Detection of genetic diversity and selection at the coding region of the melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) gene in Tibetan pigs and Landrace pigs. Gene 575:537-42, 2016. Pubmed reference: 26431999. DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.09.032.
2014 Yang, G.L., Fu, D.L., Lang, X., Ylan, Y.F., Luo, Y.Z. :
Genetic variation of 5 SNPs of MC1R gene in Chinese indigenous sheep breeds. Genetika 50:1188-99, 2014. Pubmed reference: 25720251.