During the last decade, coat colouration in mammals has been investigated in numerous
studies. Most of these studies addressing the genetics of coat colouration were on …

Vertebrate pigmentation patterns are amongst the best characterised model systems for
studying the genetic basis of adaptive evolution. The wealth of available data on the genetic …

Agouti signaling protein (ASIP) functions to regulate pigmentation in mice, while its role in
many other animals and in humans has not been fully determined. In this study, we identify a …

Despite having only begun∼ 10,000 years ago, the process of domestication has resulted in
a degree of phenotypic variation within individual species normally associated with much …

Domestication and human selection have formed diverse goat breeds with characteristic
phenotypes. This process correlated with the fixation of causative genetic variants …

Nutritional and medicinal benefits have been attributed to the consumption of tissues from
the black-boned chickens in oriental countries. Lueyang black-boned chicken is one of the …

Though the process of domestication results in a wide variety of novel phenotypic and
behavioural traits, coat colour variation is one of the few characteristics that distinguishes all …

Brown coat colour has been described in Chinese-Tibetan, Kele, and Dahe pigs. Here, we
report the identification of a causal mutation underlying the brown colouration. We …

Abstract Agouti Signaling Protein (ASIP) controls the localized expression of red and black
pigment in the domestic dog through interaction with other genes, such as Melanocortin 1 …

Autochthonous pig breeds are usually reared in extensive or semi‐extensive production
systems that might facilitate contact with wild boars and, thus, reciprocal genetic exchanges …