OMIA:000303-9031 : Dwarfism, autosomal in Gallus gallus (chicken)

Categories: Skeleton phene (incl. short stature & teeth)

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive

Considered a defect: yes

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2018

Species-specific symbol: adw

Species-specific description: Two types of dwarfism in mice are due to mutations in genes that map to the region of chromosome 1 in chicken known to contain the gene for autosomal dwarfism in this species. However, neither of these genes (high mobility group protein I-C [HMGI-C], insulin-like growth factor 1 [IGF1]) is responsible for the phenotype in chickens (Ruyterspira et al., 1998)..

History: As summarised by Wu et al. (2018), "The locus responsible for chicken adw was first, and uniquely, found in a Cornell K-strain of White Leghorns, and shown to be caused by a recessive single locus (Cole and Hutt, 1973)."

Mapping: Ruyter-Spira et al. (1998; J. Hered.) linkage-mapped the adw locus to chromosome GGA1. Wu et al. (2018) refined this to the region 52–56 Mb.

Molecular basis: Wu et al. (2018) "identified a novel nonsense mutation NP_001006244.1:p.(Trp59∗), in the transmembrane protein 263 gene (TMEM263) [previously also called C1H12ORF23], completely associated with adw. The nonsense mutation truncates the transmembrane protein within the membrane-spanning domain, expected to cause a dysfunctional protein. TMEM263 is reported to be associated with bone mineral deposition in humans, and the protein shows interaction with growth hormone 1 (GH1)."

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

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
TMEM263 transmembrane protein 263 Gallus gallus 1 NC_052532.1 (53694755..53681908) TMEM263 Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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Since October 2021, OMIA includes a semiautomated lift-over pipeline to facilitate updates of genomic positions to a recent reference genome position. These changes to genomic positions are not always reflected in the ‘acknowledgements’ or ‘verbal description’ fields in this table.

OMIA Variant ID Breed(s) Variant Phenotype Gene Allele Type of Variant Source of Genetic Variant Reference Sequence Chr. g. or m. c. or n. p. Verbal Description EVA ID Inferred EVA rsID Year Published PubMed ID(s) Acknowledgements
1047 White Leghorn (Chicken) Dwarfism, autosomal TMEM263 nonsense (stop-gain) Naturally occurring variant GRCg6a 1 g.53638233C>T c.433G>A p.(W59*) Wu et al. (2018): "NM_001006244.1:c.433G > A . . . NP_001006244.1:p.(Trp59∗)" 2018 29930570

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:000303-9031: 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.

2023 Wu, Z., Derks, M.F.L., Dibbits, B., Megens, H.J., Groenen, M.A.M., Crooijmans, R.P.M.A. :
Corrigendum: A novel loss-of-function variant in transmembrane protein 263 (TMEM263) of autosomal dwarfism in chicken. Front Genet 14:1349789, 2023. Pubmed reference: 38259620. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1349789.
2018 Wu, Z., Derks, M.F.L., Dibbits, B., Megens, H.J., Groenen, M.A.M., Crooijmans, R.P.M.A. :
A novel loss-of-function variant in transmembrane protein 263 (TMEM263) of autosomal dwarfism in chicken. Front Genet 9:193, 2018. Pubmed reference: 29930570. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00193.
2000 Cole, RK. :
An autosomal dwarfism in the domestic fowl. Poult Sci 79:1507-16, 2000. Pubmed reference: 11092317.
1998 Ruyter-Spira, C.P., Degroof, A.J.C., Vanderpeel, J.J., Herbergs, J., Masabanda, J., Fries, R., Groenen, M.A.M. :
The HMGI-C gene is a likely candidate for the autosomal dwarf locus in the chicken Journal of Heredity 89:295-300, 1998. Pubmed reference: 9703685.
Ruyter-Spira, C.P., Herbergs, J., Limpens, E., Marsh, J.A., Vanderpoel, J.J., Ayoubi, T.A.Y., Groenen, M.A.M. :
Nucleotide sequence of the chicken HMGI-C cDNA and expression of the HMGI-C and IGF1 genes in autosomal dwarf chicken embryos BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION 1399:83-87, 1998.
1989 Lam, S.K., Harvey, S., Scanes, C.G. :
Thyroid Function in Sex-Linked and Autosomal Dwarf Chickens General and Comparative Endocrinology 76:200-204, 1989. Pubmed reference: 2574126.
1985 Huybrechts, L.M., King, D.B., Lauterio, T.J., Marsh, J., Scanes, C.G. :
Plasma concentrations of somatomedin-C in hypophysectomized, dwarf and intact growing domestic fowl as determined by heterologous radioimmunoassay. J Endocrinol 104:233-9, 1985. Pubmed reference: 4038508.
1983 Scanes, C.G., Marsh, J., Decuypere, E., Rudas, P. :
Abnormalities in the plasma concentrations of thyroxine, tri-iodothyronine and growth hormone in sex-linked dwarf and autosomal dwarf White Leghorn domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus). J Endocrinol 97:127-35, 1983. Pubmed reference: 6842122.
1973 Cole, R.K., Hutt, F.B. :
Selection and heterosis in Cornell White Leghorns : A review, with special consideration of interstrain hybrids Animal Breeding Abstracts 41:103-118, 1973.

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