OMIA:002280-160448 : Coat colour, albinism, generic in Hydromys chrysogaster (Golden-bellied Water Rat)

In other species: grass carp , rainbow trout , African clawed frog , grivet , Bornean orangutan , dog , American black bear , brown bear , raccoon , Sumatran tiger , hippopotamus , American bison , banteng , taurine cattle , sheep , hares , golden hamster , North American deer mouse , meadow voles , bush rat , Australian dusky field rat , long-haired rat , nutria , gray short-tailed opossum , northern pocket gopher , giant uromys , Arizona pocket mouse , rufous rat-kangaroo , turkey vulture , eastern chipmunk , Campbell's desert hamster , fishing cat , Bennett's wallaby , western chorus frog , brown desert mouse , Ash-gray Pseudomys , Heath Pseudomys

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: unknown

Cross-species summary: Congenital lack of pigment in all parts of the body. See also Skin colour, albinism, generic

Species-specific description: Watchorn et al. (2023 "identified multiple concurrent albino records from a small island population of rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster) and discuss the factors that may contribute to the relatively high frequency (2%) of the condition on this island."

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:002280-160448: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2023 Watchorn, D., Dickman, C., Dunlop, J., Sanders, E., Watchorn, M., Burns, P. :
Ghost rodents: Albinism in Australian rodent species. Ecol Evol 13:e9942, 2023. Pubmed reference: 36993146. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9942.

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  • Created by Imke Tammen2 on 31 Mar 2023
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