Retrotransposon Insertion Polymorphisms (RIPs) in Pig Coat Color Candidate Genes.

ABSTRACT: The diversity of livestock coat color results from human positive selection and represents an indispensable part of breed identity. As an important biodiversity resource, pigs have many special characteristics, including the most visualized feature, coat color, and excellent adaptation, and the coat color represents an important phenotypic characteristic of the pig breed. Exploring the genetic mechanisms of phenotypic characteristics and the melanocortin system is of considerable interest in domestic animals because their energy metabolism and pigmentation have been under strong selection. In this study, 20 genes related to coat color in mammals were selected, and the structural variations (SVs) in these genic regions were identified by sequence alignment across 17 assembled pig genomes, f

SUBMITTER: Du Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9031378 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature