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OMIA 000200-9615 : Coat colours, generic in Canis lupus familiaris

In other species: domestic cat , cattle , goat , horse , pig , rabbit , sheep , water buffalo , red fox , American mink , Sumatran tiger , long-tailed chinchilla , goldfish , Mongolian gerbil , domestic guinea pig , pocket gophers , golden hamster , hares , Alpine marmot , marsupials , Japanese medaka , European mole , mongooses , western mosquitofish , mouflon , muskrat , nutria , gray short-tailed opossum , panther genet , brush-tailed possums , quagga , European shrew , gray squirrel , gray wolf , meadow voles , European woodmouse , domestic yak , tench , whales , axolotl , , hybrid yellow catfish , zebu

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Considered a defect: no

Key variant known: no

References


Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
2021 Nord, M.E., Jensen, P. :
Genomic regions associated with variation in pigmentation loss in saddle tan Beagles. Genes (Basel) 12:316, 2021. Pubmed reference: 33672409. DOI: 10.3390/genes12020316.
2019 Korec, E., Hančl, M., Bydžovská, M., Chalupa, O., Korcová, J. :
Inheritance of coat colour in the cane Corso Italiano dog. BMC Genet 20:24, 2019. Pubmed reference: 30832561. DOI: 10.1186/s12863-019-0731-2.
2007 Candille, SI., Kaelin, CB., Cattanach, BM., Yu, B., Thompson, DA., Nix, MA., Kerns, JA., Schmutz, SM., Millhauser, GL., Barsh, GS. :
A -defensin mutation causes black coat color in domestic dogs. Science 318:1418-23, 2007. Pubmed reference: 18048676. DOI: 10.1126/science.1151370.
Kerns, JA., Cargill, EJ., Clark, LA., Candille, SI., Berryere, TG., Olivier, M., Lust, G., Todhunter, RJ., Schmutz, SM., Murphy, KE., Barsh, GS. :
Linkage and segregation analysis of black and brindle coat color in domestic dogs. Genetics 176:1679-89, 2007. Pubmed reference: 17483404. DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.074237.
2003 Gobello, C., Castex, G., Broglia, G., Corrada, Y. :
Coat colour changes associated with cabergoline administration in bitches Journal of Small Animal Practice 44:352-4, 2003. Pubmed reference: 12934808.
1999 Cattanach, B. :
The 'dalmatian dilemma': white coat colour and deafness. Journal of Small Animal Practice 40:193-194, 1999. Pubmed reference: 10340252.
1996 Robinson, R. :
Inheritance of coat colour in the field spaniel dog Genetics Selection Evolution 28:285-288, 1996.
1994 Chieffo, C., Stalis, I.H., Vanwinkle, T.J., Haskins, M.E., Patterson, D.F. :
Cerebellar Purkinje Cell Degeneration and Coat Color Dilution in a Family of Rhodesian-Ridgeback Dogs Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 8:112-116, 1994. Pubmed reference: 8046673.
Greibrokk, T. :
Hereditary Deafness in the Dalmatian - Relationship to Eye and Coat Color Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 30:170-176, 1994.
Johnson, P.D., Dawson, B.V., Dorr, R.T., Hadley, M.E., Levine, N., Hruby, V.J. :
Coat color darkening in a dog in response to a potent melanotropic peptide American Journal of Veterinary Research 55:1593-1596, 1994. Pubmed reference: 7879984.
1993 Schuening, F.G., Appelbaum, F.R., Deeg, H.J., Sullivanpepe, M., Graham, T.C., Hackman, R., Zsebo, K.M., Storb, R. :
Effects of Recombinant Canine Stem Cell Factor, a c-kit Ligand, and Recombinant Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor on Hematopoietic Recovery After Otherwise Lethal Total Body Irradiation Blood 81:20-26, 1993. Pubmed reference: 7678065.
1992 Shull, R.M., Suggs, S.V., Langley, K.E., Okino, K.H., Jacobsen, F.W., Martin, F.H. :
Canine Stem Cell Factor (c-kit Ligand) Supports the Survival of Hematopoietic Progenitors in Long-Term Canine Marrow Culture Experimental Hematology 20:1118-1124, 1992. Pubmed reference: 1281786.
1991 Miller, W.H. :
Alopecia Associated with Coat Color Dilution in 2 Yorkshire Terriers, One Saluki, and One Mix-Breed Dog Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 27:39-43, 1991.
Workman, M.J., Robinson, R. :
Coat Colours of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics-Zeitschrift Fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie 108:66-68, 1991.
1990 Robinson, R. :
Inheritance of Coat Colour in the German Pinscher Dog Genetica 82:57-58, 1990. Pubmed reference: 2076822.
1989 Robinson, R. :
Inheritance of Coat Colour in the Anatolian Shepherd Dog Genetica 79:143-145, 1989. Pubmed reference: 2599382.
Robinson, R. :
Inheritance of Coat Colour in the Hovawart Dog Genetica 78:121-123, 1989.
Steel, K.P., Barkway, C. :
Another role for melanocytes: their importance for normal stria vascularis development in the inner ear Development 107:453-463, 1989. Pubmed reference: 2612372.
1988 Robinson, R. :
Inheritance of colour and coat in the Belgian Shepherd dog Genetica 76:139-141, 1988. Pubmed reference: 3229636.
1978 Yang, T.J. :
Recovery of hair coat colour in Gray Collie (cyclic neutropenia) normal bone marrow transplant chimeras American Journal of Pathology 91:149-153, 1978. Pubmed reference: 347941.
1977 Templeton, J.W., Stewart, A.P., Fletcher, W.S. :
Coat colour genetics in the Labrador Retriever Journal of Heredity 68:134-136, 1977.
1948 Kohts, A. :
A variation of colour in the common wolf and its hybrids with domestic dogs Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 177:784-790, 1948.
1938 Phillips, J.McI. :
Sable coat colour in cockers Journal of Heredity 29:67-69, 1938.
1927 Haldane, J.B.S. :
The comparative genetics of colour in rodents and carnivora Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosphical Society 2:199-212, 1927.
Warren, D.C. :
Coat colour inheritance in Greyhounds Journal of Heredity 18:512-522, 1927.
1916 Ibsen, H.L. :
Tricolor Inheritance. II. the Basset Hound. Genetics 1:367-76, 1916. Pubmed reference: 17245864. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/1.4.367.

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