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Figure 5

From: Transcriptome analysis of feather follicles reveals candidate genes and pathways associated with pheomelanin pigmentation in chickens

Figure 5

The synthetic process of eumelanin and pheomelanin. The blue arrow means that its corresponding coding gene is down-regulated in the yellow samples relative to the white samples. Dopa 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, DHICA 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid, DHI 5,6-dihydroxyindole, GSH glutathione, TYR tyrosinase, TYRP1 tyrosinase-related protein 1, DCT dopachrome tautomerase, HPGDS haematopoietic prostaglandin D2 synthase.

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