Figure 3From: A composite six bp in-frame deletion in the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene is associated with the Japanese brindling coat colour in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)Electropherograms showing the amplified MC1R fragments obtained from different sources. MC1R product amplified from A) cDNA obtained from a black hair skin region of a Rhinelander rabbit, B) cDNA obtained from a red hair skin region of a Rhinelander rabbit (the same result was obtained in white hair skin regions), C) genomic DNA isolated from a black hair skin region of a Rhinelander rabbit, D) genomic DNA isolated from a red hair skin region of a Rhinelander rabbit, E) genomic DNA isolated from blood of a Rhinelander rabbit, F) genomic DNA isolated from blood of a Checkered Giant rabbit. No amplification was obtained in B. The Rhinelander rabbit was homozygous for allele c.[124A;125_130del6] (eJ) and the Checkered Giant rabbit was homozygous for allele c.280_285del6 (EDor ES). The size of the amplified fragments is reported in the boxes below the electrophoretic peaks.Back to article page