Categories: Pigmentation phene , Hearing / vestibular / ear phene

Possible human homologues (MIM numbers): 193510 (trait) , 103500 (trait) , 156845 (gene)

Cross-species summary: Variable degree of white spotting ranging from tiny white spots up to completely white animals. The absence of pigment is caused by the absence of skin melanocytes ("leucism, leucistic"), not by failure in the biochemical reactions required for pigment synthesis.

Species in which this phene is found:
dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
domestic cat (Felis catus)
horse (Equus caballus)
llama (Lama glama)
taurine cattle (Bos taurus)
domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)