Variants at the ASIP locus contribute to coat color darkening in Nellore cattle

Trigo, Beatriz B; Utsunomiya, Adam T H; Fortunato, Alvaro A A D; Milanesi, Marco; Torrecilha, Rafaela B P; Lamb, Harrison; Nguyen, Loan; Ross, Elizabeth M; Hayes, Ben; Padula, Rômulo C M; Sussai, Thayla S; Zavarez, Ludmilla B; Cipriano, Rafael S; Caminhas, Maria M T; Lopes, Flavia L; Pelle, Cassiano; Leeb, Tosso; Bannasch, Danika; Bickhart, Derek; Smith, Timothy P L

doi:10.1186/s12711-021-00633-2

Variants at the ASIP locus contribute to coat color darkening in Nellore cattle

Author(s)

Trigo, Beatriz B

Utsunomiya, Adam T H

Fortunato, Alvaro A A D

Milanesi, Marco

Torrecilha, Rafaela B P

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Date Issued

2021

Type

article

Volume

53

Issue

1

Start Page

40

DOI

10.1186/s12711-021-00633-2

Journal

GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION

Abstract

Nellore cattle (Bos indicus) are well-known for their adaptation to warm and humid environments. Hair length and coat color may impact heat tolerance. The Nellore breed has been strongly selected for white coat, but bulls generally exhibit darker hair ranging from light grey to black on the head, neck, hump, and knees. Given the potential contribution of coat color variation to the adaptation of cattle populations to tropical and sub-tropical environments, our aim was to map positional and functional candidate genetic variants associated with darkness of hair coat (DHC) in Nellore bulls.

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/2067/48069