›› 2009, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10): 198-200.

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Melanin Relevant Gene Research Progress in Domestic Animal

WU Yan-ping, HUO Jun-hong, XIE Jin-fang, XIE Ming-gui, JI Hua-yuan, LIU Lin-xiu, CHU Yi-shi, TANG Wei-guo   

  1. (Institute of Animal Science, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200, China)
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2009-10-20 Published:2009-10-20

Abstract: The melanin plays an important role on animal black bone and body color formation. The research of recent years shows many genes are relevant to melanin. In this paper, we summarized the major genes influencing melanin and its research progress in domestic animal.

Key words: domestic animal; melanin; tyrosinase

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