OMIA:000202-10047 : Coat colour, oculocutaneous albinism type I (OCA1), TYR-related in Meriones unguiculatus

In other species: domestic cat , taurine cattle , dog , rabbit , water buffalo , ass (donkey) , Japanese medaka , American mink , humpback whale , domestic ferret , pig , domestic guinea pig , Tufted capuchin , dark-spotted frog , Japanese wrinkled frog , Rice frog , lion , red fox , hamadryas baboon , red deer , Japanese raccoon dog , Japanese ratsnake , ocelot gecko , golden hamster , American bison , Rhesus monkey , four-striped grass mouse

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 203100 (trait) , 606952 (trait) , 606933 (gene)

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive

Considered a defect: no

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2016

Cross-species summary: Congenital lack of pigment in most parts of the body. Due to a non-functional form of the enzyme tyrosinase. Also known as Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA), Acromelanism and as the Himalayan coat-colour pattern

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
Tyr Meriones unguiculatus - no genomic information (-..-) Tyr Ensembl

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2019). OMIA:000202-10047: 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.

2016 Ukaji, T., Iwasa, M.A., Kai, O. :
Tyrosinase (Tyr) gene mutation in albino Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) Open Journal of Animal Sciences 6(04):259-268, 2016. DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2016.64031.
1989 Matsuzaki, T., Yasuda, Y., Nonaka, S. :
The Genetics of Coat Colors in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones- Unguiculatus) Experimental Animals 38:337-341, 1989. Pubmed reference: 2806391 .

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