Chemical Composition of Cattle Hair. II. The Acid-Insoluble Melanin Content Associated with Different Genotypes

Autor: N. S. Fechheimer, L. O. Gilmore, R. G. Washburn
Rok vydání: 1958
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Zdroj: Journal of Dairy Science. 41:1057-1060
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(58)91050-6
Popis: Summary The acid-insoluble melanin of 141 samples of hair from different-aged cattle, taken at different seasons, gave significantly different mean values when the hair was grouped according to visual color and/or genotype, i.e., white, tan, red, heterozygous black, and other black. Three groups of heterozygous black cows of different breed composition gave statistically indistinguishable mean values. The method used distinguished one-gene differences, whether or not the hair from different samples was of the same apparent color.
Databáze: OpenAIRE