From: A nonsense mutation in the beta-carotene oxygenase 2 (BCO2) gene is tightly associated with accumulation of carotenoids in adipose tissue in sheep (Ovis aries)
c.196 genotype
Phenotype
CC
CT
TT
Lambs with yellow fat
1
13
Ewes giving yellow fat offspring
2
White fat control animals
AI rams progeny tested to have yellow fat allele(s)
7
AI rams progeny tested to not have yellow fat allele(s)
395
5