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OMIA:002709-93934 : Feather colour, white in Coturnix japonica (Japanese quail)

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 611409 (gene) , 203200 (trait)

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: no

Cross-species summary: Renamed from 'Feather colour, white, OCA2-related' [07/04/2024]

Species-specific description: Zhang et al. (2023): "The Beijing white quail is a new mutant strain in feather color and originated from Korean quail (Coturnix coturnix) in the 1970s. Young Beijing white quail have light yellow feathers and dark yellow stripes on their backs (Zhang et al, 2013). After first molting, the feathers become pure white, albeit with light yellow stripes on the back and both wings of the quail ... . The eyes of the Beijing white quail are red, which is obviously different from the black eyes of the Korean quail (Wu et al, 2018). ... we provide evidence that variations in an intron of HERC2 and upstream of OCA2 can decrease OCA2 mRNA expression. In turn, this effect likely underlies the diluted plumage color and red eyes in Beijing white quail."

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2024). OMIA:002709-93934: 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.

2024 Yuan, B., Qi, Y., Zhang, X., Hu, J., Fan, Y., Ji, X. :
The relationship of MITF gene expression and promoter methylation with plumage colour in quail. Br Poult Sci 65:259-264, 2024. Pubmed reference: 38578288. DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2024.2326962.
2023 Zhang, X., Qi, Y., Pang, Y., Yuan, B., Li, X. :
Identification of polymorphisms in the HERC2-OCA2 gene locus and their association with feather color in quail. J Poult Sci 60:2023013, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37234755. DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.2023013.
2018 Wu, Y., Zhang, Y., Hou, Z., Fan, G., Pi, J., Sun, S., Chen, J., Liu, H., Du, X., Shen, J., Hu, G., Chen, W., Pan, A., Yin, P., Chen, X., Pu, Y., Zhang, H., Liang, Z., Jian, J., Zhang, H., Wu, B., Sun, J., Chen, J., Tao, H., Yang, T., Xiao, H., Yang, H., Zheng, C., Bai, M., Fang, X., Burt, D.W., Wang, W., Li, Q., Xu, X., Li, C., Yang, H., Wang, J., Yang, N., Liu, X., Du, J. :
Population genomic data reveal genes related to important traits of quail. Gigascience 7:giy049, 2018. Pubmed reference: 29762663. DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giy049.
2013 Zhang, X.H., Pang, Y.Z., Zhao, S.J., Xu, H.W., Li, Y.L., Xu, Y., Guo, Z., Wang, D.D. :
The relationship of plumage colours with MC1R (Melanocortin 1 Receptor) and ASIP (Agouti Signaling Protein) in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Br Poult Sci 54:306-11, 2013. Pubmed reference: 23639082. DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2013.780122.

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  • Created by Imke Tammen2 on 29 May 2023
  • Changed by Imke Tammen2 on 29 May 2023
  • Changed by Imke Tammen2 on 07 Apr 2024