OMIA:000439-9838 : Hair, long in Camelus dromedarius (Arabian camel) |
In other species: dog , domestic cat , ass (donkey) , llama , taurine cattle , goat , sheep , rabbit , golden hamster , domestic guinea pig , domestic yak , alpaca
Categories: Integument (skin) phene
Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 190330 (trait) , 165190 (gene)
Links to relevant human diseases in MONDO:
Mendelian trait/disorder: yes
Mode of inheritance: Autosomal co-dominant
Disease-related: no
Key variant known: yes
Year key variant first reported: 2021
Cross-species summary: Long hair = angora
Species-specific description: Maraqa et al. (2021): "Camel hair length ranges from short to long (Porter et al. 2016; Alhaddad & Alhajeri 2019 ...). However, moderate hair length is preferred in camel breeding excellence competitions of the Arabian Peninsula ... . ... camel hair is used in various materials including knitting yarns, oriental rags and clothing (Sharma & Pant 2013)." Maraqa et al. (2021) "developed a fast qualitative approach to estimate hair length in camels by photographing a splayed hand pressed onto mid-torso hair during the peak of hair growth" and used a candidate gene approach to identify a missense variant that is associated with hair length.
Molecular basis: Maraqa et al. (2021) used a candidate gene approach to identify a c.779C>T, p.(P260L) mutation in the FGF5 gene that is associated with hair-length variation. The authors sequenced the FGF5 gene in 28 animals from several breeds of dromedaries (Mejaheem, Shaele, Sofor, Waddah and Omani) and validated the association of the identified c.779C>T variant with hair length in additional camels (n = 113, including 5 trios). Animals with short hair were homozygous for the C allele, animals with intermediate hair were heterozygous and animals with long hair were homozygous for the T allele.
Prevalence: Maraqa et al. (2021): "The allele frequencies were 0.525 and 0.149 for (C) and (T) respectively."
Associated gene:
| Symbol | Description | Species | Chr | Location | OMIA gene details page | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FGF5 | fibroblast growth factor 5 | Camelus dromedarius | 1 | NC_087436.1 (77012309..77031910) | FGF5 | Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene |
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| 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 | Year Published | PubMed ID(s) | Acknowledgements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1343 | Long hair | FGF5 | missense | Naturally occurring variant | CamDro3 | 2 | g.76625546C>T | c.779C>T | p.(P260L) | cDNA and protein positions based on transcript ENSCDRT00005003721.1 | 2021 | 34432312 |
Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2021). OMIA:000439-9838: 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.
| 2021 | Maraqa, T., Alhajeri, B.H., Alhaddad, H. : |
| FGF5 missense mutation is associated with dromedary hair length variation. Anim Genet 52:848-856, 2021. Pubmed reference: 34432312. DOI: 10.1111/age.13132. | |
| 2019 | Alhaddad, H., Alhajeri, B.H. : |
| Cdrom archive: A gateway to study camel phenotypes. Front Genet 10:48, 2019. Pubmed reference: 30804986. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00048. | |
| 2016 | Porter, V., Alderson, L., Hall, S.J.G., Sponenberg, D.P. : |
| Mason’s World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. CABI , 2016. | |
| 2013 | Sharma, A., Pant, S. : |
| Studies on camel hair-Merino wool blended knitted fabrics. Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile Research 38:317-319, 2013. |
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