The complete coding sequence of TYR gene in different donkey breeds.. TYR gene characterization of different donkey breeds.

The Asinara donkey white coat colour phenotype was assigned to a recessive inherited missense mutation in the Tyrosinase gene (TYR), the underlying genetic background in the White Austro-Hungarian Baroque donkey has not been studied yet.Our result excludes a common genetic origin of the white coat colour of the Asinara and White Austro-Hungarian Baroque donkeys that historical documents could have suggested.