OMIA:001994-9986 : Rex coat, plaice type in Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit)

Categories: Integument (skin) phene

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: yes

Species-specific description: Without citing references, Pan et al. (2015) explained that "In recent years, some rex rabbits have shown wrinkles in abdomen and extremities during production; this phenotype is known as plaice. The skin size of wrinkle rabbits was found to be 15% larger than that of un-wrinkle animals, with the same quality fur."

Molecular basis: From a gene transcription study, Pan et al. (2015) reported that "A total of 308 differentially expressed genes were obtained by transcriptome analysis of plaice and un-plaice phenotype animals; 209 additional differentially expressed genes were not found in any database. These genes included 49 that were only expressed in plaice skin rabbits."

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2016). OMIA:001994-9986: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2015 Pan, L., Liu, Y., Wei, Q., Xiao, C., Ji, Q., Bao, G., Wu, X. :
Solexa-Sequencing Based Transcriptome Study of Plaice Skin Phenotype in Rex Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). PLoS One 10:e0124583, 2015. Pubmed reference: 25955442. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124583.

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