Categories: Vision / eye phene

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: yes

Species-specific name: Persistent hyaloid artery (PHA)

Species-specific description: Genetics Committee of the American College of Veterinary Opthalmologists (2021): "congenital defect resulting from abnormalities in the development and regression of the hyaloid artery. The blood vessel remnant can be present in the vitreous as a small patent vascular strand (PHA) or as a non-vascular strand that appears gray-white (persistent hyaloid remnant)"

Breed: Australian Shepherd (Dog) (VBO_0200095).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. (If a likely causal variant has been documented for the phene, see the variant table breeds in which the variant has been reported).