The Mechanisms of Fur Development and Color Formation in American Mink Revealed Using Comparative Transcriptomics

    November 2022 in “ Animals ”
    Lidong Wang, Shengyang Zhou, Guangshuai Liu … Honghai Zhang
    Studysummary This study found that differences in skin transcriptomes between juvenile and adult mink, as well as between black and white mink, suggest genes regulating hair color are active during early development rather than adulthood.
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