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Homological Series in the Variability of the Coat Color in Fur Animals

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Phenotypic parallelism has been established with similar aberrations of coat color in sables and northern fur seals with known fur color mutations in American mink. On the basis of the similarities in the phenotypic variability of the coat color in these species of distant origin, we can imply the presence of specific coloring markers of the gene component, which ensures adaptation to extreme environmental conditions.

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This work was supported by the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, project no. 0324-2019-0041.

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  1. Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    O. V. Trapezov & S. G. Veprev

  2. National Union of Tribal Organizations, 107139, Moscow, Russia

    E. M. Koldaeva

  3. Research Institute of Fur Breeding and Rabbit Breeding, 140143, Moscow, Russia

    E. G. Sergeev

  4. Kamchatka Branch of the Pacific Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Aleutian Museum of Local Lore, 684500, Kamchatka krai, Russia

    S. V. Fomin & N. S. Fomina

  5. Novosibirsk State Agrarian University, 630039, Novosibirsk, Russia

    M. F. Nekrasova

  6. Novosibirsk State University, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    O. V. Trapezov

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Trapezov, O.V., Veprev, S.G., Koldaeva, E.M. et al. Homological Series in the Variability of the Coat Color in Fur Animals. Russ J Genet 56, 1381–1386 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795420110101

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