• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.1395-1397
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• 2002

The tyrosinase gene was selected as a candidate for uncovering genetic mechanism causing 'black ear' coat color in rabbits. A PCR-SSCP detection method was established for the $881^A{\rightarrow}881^G$ mutation located in the central region of the tyrosinase gene between the CuA and CuB binding region signatures, and this was confirmed by sequencing and alignment. Fully consistent associations between the SNP and 'black ear' coat color were observed by analysis in a "black ear" pedigree and on 61 unrelated individuals. This SNP can serve as a molecular marker for use in "back ear" wool rabbit breeding.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.1178-1181
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• 2002

Records from a total of 202 crossbred pigs were classified by their ear type and coat color to examine the presence of interrelationships with growth performances. Crossbred pigs were F2 generations of full sib family out of ten Landrace sows bred by 5 Korean domestic boars. Heavily drooped ear type was predominant, 195 out of 202 pigs over the other two types (1 straight and 6 slightly drooped). Coat colors were classified as four categories, all white, all black, dominant white or dominant black. Ratio among coat color categories did not fall within Mendelian principle of independence regarding two loci involved. There was dependency between ear type and coat color. However, due to rarity of ear types other than heavy drooped, dependency comes from distribution of those rare ear types. Three least squares models to test the effect of ear type and coat colors on growth performances were analyzed. First model analyzed effects on birth weight, body weight at 3 and 6 weeks and ADG' before weaning and between 3 and 5 weeks of age. This model included sex in addition to ear type and coat color. Second model analyzed postweaning growth traits (initial weight, final weight and ADG between these periods) upon initiation of performance testing. This model included effects of sex, test group and start age (as a covariate) in addition. Third model was fit for fasted weight before slaughter and included the effects of sex, test group and age at slaughter (as a covariate). The effects of sex and ear type were not significant source of variation for all traits. Test group was a significant source of variation for all the postweaning traits. Effect of coat color was not significant until the initiation of performance testing and became significant then after. Least squares means of dominantly black pigs were significantly lower than the other three coat colored pigs in final weight around 195 days of age and in ADG from the start of performance test and final weight measure.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.626-631
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• 2006

밀양 토종개의 일반적인 특징을 구명할 수 있는 기초자료를 확보하고자 밀양 토종개 44두를 대상으로 형태학적 특징 및 microsatellite DNA형의 유전적 다양성의 출현빈도에 기초한 유전적인 특징을 조사한 결과 밀양 토종개의 체고는 43-55 cm(평균 49.5 cm)로서 수캐는 44-55 cm(평균 50.3 cm), 암캐는 43-52 cm(평균 48.1 cm)로 나타났고 체장은 45-60 cm(평균 54.3 cm)로서 수캐는 45-60 cm(평균 55.9 cm), 암캐는 45-57 cm(평균 52.6 cm)였다. 또한 가슴둘레는 수캐가 51-64 cm(평균 59.2 cm), 암캐는 50-62 cm(평균 56.3 cm)로 측정되었다. 머리의 형태는 정면에서 보았을 때 44두 모두에서 역삼각형 형태를 가지고 있었으며, 눈의 모양은 삼각형 형태가 40두(90.9%)였고 초승달 모양이 4두(9.1%)로 관찰되었다. 모색은 백색이 41두(93.2%), 황색이 3두(6.8%)로 나타나 두 색깔을 가지고 있었다. 혀와 발톱의 색깔은 전 두수에서 각각 연분홍색과 분홍색이 관찰되었고 항문의 색깔은 연한 흑색이 40두(90.9%), 연분홍색이 4두(9.1%)로 나타났다. 그리고 귀의 형태는 전 두수가삼각형의 곧게 서 있는 형태였으며, 꼬리의 형태는 반말린 꼬리가 25두(56.8%)로 가장 많았고 선꼬리(장대꼬리)가 15두(34.1%), 말린 꼬리가 4두(9.1%)로 나타났다. 15개의 marker로 분석한 microsatellite DNA 다형의 유전자 빈도에 기초하여 heterozygosity, PIC 그리고 PE를 분석한 결과 대립유전자의 수는 $2{\sim}14$개(평균 6.13개)로 검출되었으며 expected heterozygosity와 PIC는 각각 $0.455{\sim}0.863$ (평균 0.635), $0.348{\sim}\;0.837$(평균 0.570)으로 나타났고 PEZ 10, PEZ 13, PEZ 17, FHC 2054의 marker는 PIC 0.7이상으로 관찰되었다. PE 1은 $0.101{\sim}\;0.548$으로서 15개 marker를 조합시 0.9895, PE 2는 $0.174{\sim}\;0.710$으로서 전체 조합시 0.9996으로 나타났다.