Coat Colors for Exam 2 Flashcards
D locus
Dilute locus
DD and Dd represent
Full color
dd represents
Dilute animal (includes nose, iris, footpads)
D locus affects what other locus?
B locus
B_D_ becomes
blue/grey
bbD_ becomes
silver/dusty
How is the C locus different from the S locus?
C locus - melanocytes present but NON-functioning/cannot make pigment
S locus - melanocytes did not fully migrate/not present at certain site
S locus
Spotting series
Explain the S locus
Controls melanocyte survival and migration
The S locus is an example of _____ dominance
Incomplete
SS
Full color
s^i
Irish spotting; defect in migration
s^p
Piebald; more significant defect in migration than s^i
s^w
Extreme white; melanocytes don’t migrate at all
Ss^w - explain what you would see and why
Blend/intermediate of full color and extreme white. Would see piebald or irish spotting puppies. Incomplete dominance acts at this locus
Cats: S locus (Describe each allele)
SS - all or mostly white spotting
Ss - partly white/spotting
ss - full color
G locus
Early greying
G
Early greying
g
Normal allele
M locus
Merle
Explain the M locus
An insertion of SINE at intron 10, exon 11 boundary in the SILV gene. Results in gain of function that converts black to grey. A portion of the poly A tail of the SINE can deleted spontaneously, leading to somatic reversion, where the M allele converts back to the m allele (or m*). This results in some cells with the recessive genotype that then produce black pigment. This results in a grey dog with ragged black spots.
MM
Defective white (all white or white with patches of blue or black); ear or eye defects
Mm
merle
M^h
harlequin
mm
non-merle
H locus
Harlequin; white dog with ragged black spots; dilutes blue-grey merle to white