Agouti-signaling protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ASIP gene. It is responsible for the distribution of melanin pigment in mammals...
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Agouti is a type of fur coloration in which each hair displays two or more bands of pigmentation. The overall appearance of agouti fur is usually gray...
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The agouti gene, the Agouti-signaling protein (ASIP) is responsible for variations in color in many species. Agouti works with extension to regulate the...
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Cat coat genetics (redirect from White spotting gene)
length of the hair shaft. The Agouti gene, with its dominant A allele and recessive a allele, controls the coding for agouti signaling protein (ASIP; Q865F0)...
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up agouti in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Agouti are several rodent species of the genus Dasyprocta. Agouti may also refer to: Tailed agouti or acouchi...
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cats occur because there is a white spotting gene present along with a recessive allele of the agouti gene, which evens out the common striped pattern...
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Bay (horse) (section Effect of gray gene)
dominant Agouti gene and at least one dominant Extension gene. While the basic genetics that create bay coloring are fairly simple, the genes themselves...
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Agouti-related protein (AgRP), also called agouti-related peptide, is a neuropeptide produced in the brain by the AgRP/NPY neuron. It is synthesized in...
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Lethal allele (redirect from Gene lethality)
yellow and black blend may be referred to as 'agouti' in colour. One of the mutant alleles of the agouti gene results in mice with a much lighter, yellowish...
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tabby Bengal Black modified classic tabby Sokoke Two distinct gene loci, the agouti gene locus (two alleles) and the tabby locus (three alleles), and one...
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