A de novo missense mutation in KIT is responsible for dominant white spotting phenotype in a Standardbred horse

Anim Genet. 2022 Aug;53(4):534-537. doi: 10.1111/age.13222. Epub 2022 May 31.

Authors

Elizabeth Esdaile¹, Brad Till¹, Angelica Kallenberg¹, Michelle Fremeux², Leslie Bickel¹, Rebecca R Bellone^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.
² InfogeneNZ, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
³ Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA.

PMID: 35641888
DOI: 10.1111/age.13222

No abstract available

Keywords: coat color; pigmentation standardbreds; white patterning.

MeSH terms

Animals
Hair Color*
Horses / genetics
Mutation
Mutation, Missense*
Phenotype
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics

Substances

Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit

Grants and funding

UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory