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OMIA:000200-9796 : Coat colour, generic in Equus caballus (horse)

In other species: Japanese medaka , axolotl , marsupials , brush-tailed possums , European mole , stump-tailed macaque , gray wolf , coyote , dog , red fox , domestic cat , lion , Sumatran tiger , mongooses , whales , ass (donkey) , onager , pig , Arabian camel , guanaco , vicugna , llama , white-tailed deer , Northern giraffe , taurine cattle , indicine cattle (zebu) , goat , mouflon , sheep , hares , rabbit , Alpine marmot , pocket gophers , golden hamster , Mongolian gerbil , meadow voles , muskrat , black rat , European woodmouse , domestic guinea pig , nutria , gray short-tailed opossum , tench , domestic yak , gray squirrel , western mosquitofish , long-tailed chinchilla , European shrew , red wolf , bobcat , Asiatic golden cat , Mountain hare , golden jackal , tawny dragon , plains zebra , water buffalo , panther genet , Kinda baboon , Gray snub-nosed monkey , Northern mole vole , American mink , hybrid yellow catfish

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: no

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2022). OMIA:000200-9796: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

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.

2024 Liu, X., Peng, Y., Zhang, X., Wang, X., Chen, W., Kou, X., Liang, H., Ren, W., Khan, M.Z., Wang, C. :
Coloration in equine: Overview of candidate genes associated with coat color phenotypes. Animals (Basel) 14:1802, 2024. Pubmed reference: 38929421. DOI: 10.3390/ani14121802.
McFadden, A., Vierra, M., Martin, K., Brooks, S.A., Everts, R.E., Lafayette, C. :
Spotting the pattern: A review on white coat color in the domestic horse. Animals (Basel) 14:451, 2024. Pubmed reference: 38338094. DOI: 10.3390/ani14030451.
2023 Amano, T., Yokawa, H., Masuda, Y., Tozaki, T., Kawai, M., Shirai, K. :
Genome-wide search reveals the uniqueness of DNA regions associated with coat color and innate immunity in Hokkaido Native Horse. Anim Sci J 94:e13884, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37983921. DOI: 10.1111/asj.13884.
Belousova, N.F., Bass, S.P., Sorokin, S.I., Gulyaeva, A.N. :
Evaluation of genetic markers in the analysis of the colors and marks occurrence in the Vyatka breed horses. Vestnik of the Russian Agricultural Science 3:89-94, 2023. DOI: 10.31857/2500-2082/2023/3/89-94.
2022 Perdomo-González, D.I., García de Paredes, R.L.A., Valera, M., Bartolomé, E., Gómez, M.D. :
Morpho-functional traits in Pura Raza Menorquina horses: Genetic parameters and relationship with coat color variables. Animals (Basel) 12:2319, 2022. Pubmed reference: 36139184. DOI: 10.3390/ani12182319.
2021 Junqueira, G.S.B., Diaz, I.D.P.S., da Cruz, V.A.R., de Araújo Oliveira, C.A., de Godoi, F.N., de Camargo, G.M.F., Costa, R.B. :
Influence of coat color on genetic parameter estimates in horses. J Appl Genet 62:297-306, 2021. Pubmed reference: 33606160. DOI: 10.1007/s13353-021-00616-5.
2019 Grilz-Seger, G., Druml, T., Neuditschko, M., Mesarič, M., Cotman, M., Brem, G. :
Analysis of ROH patterns in the Noriker horse breed reveals signatures of selection for coat color and body size. Anim Genet 50:334-346, 2019. Pubmed reference: 31199540. DOI: 10.1111/age.12797.
2018 Jäderkvist Fegraeus, K., Velie, B.D., Axelsson, J., Ang, R., Hamilton, N.A., Andersson, L., Meadows, J.R.S., Lindgren, G. :
A potential regulatory region near the EDN3 gene may control both harness racing performance and coat color variation in horses. Physiol Rep 6:e13700, 2018. Pubmed reference: 29845762. DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13700.
2000 Rieder, S., Stricker, C., Joerg, H., Dummer, R., Stranzinger, G. :
A comparative genetic approach for the investigation of ageing grey horse melanoma Journal of Animal Breeding & Genetics-Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie 117:73-82, 2000.
1999 Knyazev, S.P., Nikitin, S.V. :
The associations between coat color and the blood-group system D antigens in horses Russian Journal of Genetics 35:417-421, 1999.
Stachurska, A.M. :
Inheritance of primitive markings in horses Journal of Animal Breeding & Genetics-Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie 116:29-38, 1999.
1996 Krausslich, H. :
On the genetics of point and body colours in horses - in comparison to molecular analyses of colour loci in mice [German] Zuchtungskunde 68:1-11, 1996.
1995 Jones, W.E. :
Overo spotting in horses Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 15:48-50, 1995.
1994 Bowling, A.T. :
Dominant inheritance of overo spotting in paint horses Journal of Heredity 85:222-224, 1994. Pubmed reference: 8014463.
1993 Aldiwan, M.M.A., Aljassim, A.F., Ayied, A.Y. :
Coat Colour Inheritance of Arabian Horses Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 63:679-680, 1993.
1991 Lauvergne, J.J., Silvestrelli, M., Langlois, B., Renieri, C., Poirel, D., Antaldi, G.G.V. :
A New Scheme for Describing Horse Coat Colour Livestock Production Science 27:219-229, 1991.
1990 McCabe, L., Griffin, L.D., Kinzer, A., Chandler, M., Beckwith, J.B., Mccabe, E.R.B. :
Overo Lethal White Foal Syndrome - Equine Model of Aganglionic Megacolon (Hirschsprung Disease) American Journal of Medical Genetics 36:336-340, 1990. Pubmed reference: 2363434. DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320360319.
1989 Lehmann, E. von :
[Dappling in coats of horses] Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 106:237-239, 1989.
1988 Brandsch, H., Gerber, J. :
[The inheritance of markings in horses. 4. Working hypothesis to explain the relationship between inheritance of colour and markings] Archiv fur Tierzucht 31:385-390, 1988.
Brandsch, H., Gerber, J. :
[The inheritance of markings in horses. 3. Relationships between colour, markings and sex] Archiv fur Tierzucht 31:73-81, 1988.
Woolf, C.M., Swafford, J.R. :
Evidence for eumelanin and pheomelanin producing genotypes in the Arabian horse Journal of Heredity 79:100-106, 1988. Pubmed reference: 3403956.
1987 Brandsch, H., Gerber, J. :
[The inheritance of hair colour in Hafling horses] Archiv fur Tierzucht 30:55-62, 1987.
Brandsch, H., Gerber, J. :
[The inheritance of markings in horses. 2. Segregation ratios in different mating groups] Archiv fur Tierzucht 30:517-521, 1987.
Hultgren, B.D., Appell, L.H., Wagner, P.C., Blythe, L.L., Watrous, B.J., Slizeski, M.L., Duffield, D.A., Goldie, P., Clarkson, D., Shell, D.S. :
Current research topics in equine genetics, Part 1 Equine Practice 9:38-43, 1987.
Lauvergne, J.J., Silvestrelli, M., Langlois, B., Renieri, C., Poirel, D., Galizza-Vecchiotti, G. :
[Proposal for a new method of description of horses'coats] :30-43, 1987.
Porte, F.E., Garibaldi, D.M.G. :
[A study of some biological traits in Chilean Criollo horses (Equus caballus). 2. Coat colour] Avances en Produccion Animal 12:203-208, 1987.
1983 Vonderfecht, S., Bowling, A.T., Cohen, M. :
Congenital intestinal megacolon in white foals Veterinary Pathology 20:65-70, 1983. Pubmed reference: 6849219.
1981 Dring, L.A., Hintz, H.F., Vleck, L.D. van :
Coat colour and gestation length in thoroughbred mares Journal of Heredity 72:65-, 1981. Pubmed reference: 7204943.
1962 Esaki, K., Hayakawa, J., Tomita, T., Bito, J., Nozawa, K., Kondo, K. :
[Changes in frequencies of appearance of various colours in Kiso native horses] Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 33:218-225, 1962.
1961 Singleton, W.R. :
Genetics of coat colour in horses ASB Bulletin 8:33 only, 1961.
1955 Merkens, J. :
Inheritance of yellow colour in the horse Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde 80:551-554, 1955.
1941 Salisbury, G.W. :
The inheritance of equine coat colour. I. The basic colours and patterns Journal of Heredity 32:235-240, 1941.
1931 Hadwen, S. :
The melanomata of grey and white horses Canadian Medical Association Journal 25:519-530, 1931.
1917 Wright, S. :
Colour inheritance in mammals. VII. The horse Journal of Heredity 8:561-564, 1917.
1914 Anderson, W.S. :
The inheritance of coat colour in horses Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 180:?, 1914.
1913 Anderson, W.S. :
The inheritance of coat colour in horses American Naturalist 47:615, 1913.
1905 Harper, C.H. :
Studies in the inheritance of colour in Percheron horses Biological Bulletin 9:265 only, 1905.
1901 Pearson, K. :
Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution. Volume 8. On the inheritance of coat colour in horses Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 195:79 only, 1901.

Edit History


  • Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Sep 2005
  • Changed by Frank Nicholas on 20 Aug 2020
  • Changed by Imke Tammen2 on 29 Nov 2022