A composite six bp in-frame deletion in the melanocortin 1 receptor (<it>MC1R</it>) gene is associated with the Japanese brindling coat colour in rabbits (<it>Oryctolagus cuniculus... by Russo Vincenzo, Deretz Séverine, Dall'Olio Stefania, Forestier Lionel, Beretti Francesca, Colombo Michela, Scotti Emilio, Fontanesi Luca, Allain Daniel, Oulmouden Ahmad

“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We sequenced the whole CDS in 25 rabbits of different coat colours including 10 Japanese and 10 Rhinelander (tricolour) rabbits and identified another 6 bp-in frame deletion flanked by a G > A transition in 5' (c.[124G>A;125_130del6]) that was present in all animals with Japanese brindling coat colour and pattern. …”
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