Nuclear Gene Indicates Coat-Color Polymorphism in Mammoths | Zendy

Holger Römpler | Zendy; Nadin Rohland | Zendy; Carles LaluezaFox | Zendy; Eske Willerslev | Zendy; Т. В. Кузнецова | Zendy; Gernot Rabeder | Zendy; Jaume Bertranpetit | Zendy; Torsten Schöneberg | Zendy; Michael Hofreiter | Zendy

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Nuclear Gene Indicates Coat-Color Polymorphism in Mammoths

Author(s) -

Holger Römpler,

Nadin Rohland,

Carles LaluezaFox,

Eske Willerslev,

Т. В. Кузнецова,

Gernot Rabeder,

Jaume Bertranpetit,

Torsten Schöneberg,

Michael Hofreiter

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.1128994

Subject(s) - coat , biology , melanocortin 1 receptor , genetics , allele , gene , polymorphism (computer science) , evolutionary biology , ecology

By amplifying the melanocortin type 1 receptor from the woolly mammoth, we can report the complete nucleotide sequence of a nuclear-encoded gene from an extinct species. We found two alleles and show that one allele produces a functional protein whereas the other one encodes a protein with strongly reduced activity. This finding suggests that mammoths may have been polymorphic in coat color, with both dark- and light-haired individuals co-occurring.

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