OMIA:000915-93934 : Feather colour, silver in Coturnix japonica (Japanese quail)

In other species: chicken

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 156845 (gene)

Single-gene trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal incomplete dominant

Disease-related: no

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 1998

Species-specific symbol: B

Molecular basis: Mochii et al. (1998): "a two-base deletion resulting in premature termination of the polypeptide in the region following the zipper region" Minvielle et al. (2010) confirmed this variant

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
MITF microphthalmia-associated transcription factor Coturnix japonica 12 NC_029527.1 (12902808..12989046) MITF Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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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
503 Feather colour, silver MITF deletion, small (<=20) Naturally occurring variant "a two-base deletion resulting in premature termination of the polypeptide in the region following the zipper region" = 2 bp deletion in exon 11 1998 9576828

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2022). OMIA:000915-93934: 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.

2010 Minvielle, F., Bed'hom, B., Coville, JL., Ito, S., Inoue-Murayama, M., Gourichon, D. :
The "silver" Japanese quail and the MITF gene: causal mutation, associated traits and homology with the "blue" chicken plumage. BMC Genet 11:15, 2010. Pubmed reference: 20184729. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-15.
2009 Minvielle, F., Cecchi, T., Passamonti, P., Gourichon, D., Renieri, C. :
Plumage colour mutations and melanins in the feathers of the Japanese quail: a first comparison. Anim Genet 40:971-4, 2009. Pubmed reference: 19496774. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01929.x.
2002 Araki, M., Takano, T., Uemonsa, T., Nakane, Y., Tsudzuki, M., Kaneko, T. :
Epithelia-mesenchyme interaction plays an essential role in trans differentiation of retinal pigment epithelium of silver mutant quail: Localization of FGF and related molecules and aberrant migration pattern of neural crest cells during eye rudiment formation Developmental Biology 244:358-371, 2002. Pubmed reference: 11944943. DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0591.
2001 Kawaguchi, N., Ono, T., Mochii, M., Noda, M. :
Spontaneous mutation in Mitf gene causes osteopetrosis in silver homozygote quail Developmental Dynamics 220:133-140, 2001. Pubmed reference: 11169846. DOI: 10.1002/1097-0177(2000)9999:9999<::AID-DVDY1095>3.0.CO;2-7.
1999 Tsukamoto, Y., Taira, E., Nakane, Y., Tsudzuki, M., Kohama, K., Amin, H., Miki, N., Sasaki, F. :
Expression of gicerin, a cell adhesion molecule, in the abnormal retina in silver plumage color mutation of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) Neuroscience Letters 266:53-56, 1999. Pubmed reference: 10336182.
1998 Araki, M., Yamao, M., Tsudzuki, M. :
Early embryonic interaction of retinal pigment epithelium and mesenchymal tissue induces conversion of pigment epithelium to neural retinal fate in the silver mutation of the japanese quail Development Growth & Differentiation 40:167-176, 1998.
Mochii, M., Ono, T., Matsubara, Y., Eguchi, G. :
Spontaneous transdifferentiation of quail pigmented epithelial cell is accompanied by a mutation in the Mitf gene. Dev Biol 196:145-59, 1998. Pubmed reference: 9576828. DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8864.
1997 Shibuya, K., Nunoya, T., Tajima, M., Mizutani, M. :
Scleral ectasia associated with hereditary retinal dysplasia in a mutant strain of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) Avian Pathology 26:53-61, 1997.
1993 Fuji, J., Wakasugi, N. :
Transdifferentiation from retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) into neural retina due to silver plumage mutant gene in Japanese quail. Development Growth & Differentiation 35:487-493, 1993.

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