The primary structure of COMT gene is not involved in the diet shift of the giant or the red pandas

Gene. 2015 May 15;562(2):244-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.02.046. Epub 2015 Mar 5.

Authors

Jingsi Tang¹, Fanli Kong¹, Bo Zeng¹, Huailiang Xu², Jiandong Yang², Ying Li³

Affiliations

¹ Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural Universtiy, Chengdu 611130, China.
² College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan, China.
³ Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural Universtiy, Chengdu 611130, China. Electronic address: yingli@sicau.edu.cn.

PMID: 25748822
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.02.046

No abstract available

Keywords: COMT; Diet shift; Giant panda; Red panda.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Ailuridae / genetics*
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Catechol O-Methyltransferase / genetics*
Genetic Association Studies
Herbivory / genetics*
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Species Specificity
Ursidae / genetics*

Substances

Catechol O-Methyltransferase