Journal article
Molecular tests for coat colours in horses.
- Rieder S Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen BE, Switzerland. stefan.rieder@bfh.ch
- 2009-11-17
Published in:
- Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie. - 2009
English
Colour phenotypes may have played a major role during early domestication events and initial selection among domestic animal species. As coat colours mostly follow a relatively simple mode of Mendelian inheritance, they have been among the first traits to be systematically analysed at the molecular level. As a result of the number of genetic tools developed during the past decade, horse coat colour tests have been designed and are now commercially available for some of the basic phenotypes. These tests enable breeders to verify segregation within particular pedigrees, to select specific colour phenotypes according to market demand or studbook policies and to avoid complex inherited diseases associated with some of the colour patterns. This paper reviews the relevance of the topic, describes all currently available tests for coat colours in horses and addresses also ongoing research in this field.
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- English
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- closed
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- DOI 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00832.x
- PMID 19912415
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/208908
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