Genetics and Evolutionary M echanisms for Domestic Animal Coat Color
YANG Guang-li
Abstract：Animal coat color is a powerful model for studying the genetic mechanisms that deter-mine phenotype .Most domestic animals ,in contrast to their wild ancestors ,are often characterized by a huge variability of coat color phenotypes .This variability results from genetics ,evolution and artificial selection .In this review ,we focus on the animals domesticating history ,artificial selection and underlying genetic causes that have resulted in the observed increase of color variation in do-mestic animals compared to their wild ancestors ,so as to understand the genetic and evolutionary mechanisms of animal coloration .
Keywords：domestic animalscoat colorgenetic and evolutionary mechanismsartificial selec-tion
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 20-23 )