The genetics of tiger pelage color variations

摘要：

Dear Editor,The tiger (Panthera tigris) is most recognized for its dark stripes against an orange background.Less well known are three other pelage color variants:white,golden and stripeless snow white (Figure 1A).The white tiger is a polymorphism that was first seen among wild Bengal tigers (P t.tigris) in India,with white fur and sepia brown stripes ”1”.The golden tiger,also first sighted in the jungle in India,has a blonde color tone with pale golden fur and red-brown rather than black stripes ”2”.

机标关键词：snow white

所属期刊栏目：27

分类号：I1

资助基金：This research was supported by the Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China 31271320,31471179,31200919

在线出版日期：2017-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）

页数：共4页

页码：954-957