The use of MC1R and KIT genotypes for breed characterisation.

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Mitsuhashi, T.
  • Andersson, L.
  • Carrion, D.
  • Haley, C.
  • Archibald, A.
  • Evans, G.
  • Plastow, G.
  • Day, A.

• We describe the characterisation of the two main coat colour determining loci (MC1R and KIT) for pigs and demonstrate how this information can be utilized for breed identification. These approaches can be useful components of quality assurance and traceability schemes which are increasingly demanded by consumers.

• Date created

  2003

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Characterisation
  • Genetic markers
  • Pig

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3222R762

• License

  Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International