Publications by authors named "Samantha Ann Brooks"
Myostatin () is a highly conserved negative regulator of skeletal muscle in mammals. Inactivating mutations results in a hyper-muscularity phenotype known as "double muscling" in several livestock and model species. In , the gene structure organization and the sequence polymorphisms have been previously investigated, using Sanger and Next-Generation Sequencing technologies on a limited number of animals.
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- The Polish primitive horse breed officially allows only blue dun coat colors, but there is diversity in coat shades within the population.
- Genetic analysis of specific genes related to coat color, particularly the TBX3 gene, showed significant associations with coat color variations and the degree of dun dilution.
- A notable 35% of the genetically bay dun-colored horses were misclassified as blue duns, suggesting the influence of another gene that affects pigmentation and complicates visual identification.