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Chestnut Coat Color Genes Test Available for Horses

Identification of horse chestnut coat color genotype using SNaPshot(R)

"Identification of Horse Chestnut Coat Color Genotype Using SNaPshot(R)
Fernando Rendo , Mikel Iriondo , Carmen Manzano and Andone Estonba

BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:255
Published: 16 December 2009
Abstract (provisional)

Background

The Cantabrian Coast horse breeds of the Iberian Peninsula have mainly black or bay colored coats, but alleles responsible for a chestnut coat color run in these breeds and occasionally, chestnut horses are born. Chestnut coat color is caused by two recessive alleles, e and ea, of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene, whereas the presence of the dominant, wild-type E allele produces black or bay coat horses. ...

Conclusions

This study demonstrates the usefulness of the DNA methodology reported herein as a device for identifying chestnut alleles...."

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