OMIA:002190-8932 : Feather colour, recessive red in Columba livia (rock pigeon)

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 613266 (trait) , 611584 (trait) , 609136 (trait) , 602229 (gene)

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive

Considered a defect: no

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2014

Species-specific description: This traits is the result of recessive alleles at the classic E colour locus of pigeons.

Molecular basis: Domyan et al. (2014) reported two large deletions as likely causal variants for recessive red in pigeons, a 7.5kb deletion (allele e^1) and a 2.5kb deletion (allele e^2) that each "span a conserved enhancer element that drives Sox10 expression in melanocytes".

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Prevalence: Domyan et al. (2014): "To test for broader association between the pigeon Sox10 enhancer deletion and recessive red, we genotyped 41 recessive red pigeons from 19 breeds and 103 wild-type pigeons from 45 breeds, and found that 21 recessive red birds (but no wild-type birds) were homozygous for the deletion harbored by the reference genome (e^1 allele, . . .). An additional 17 recessive red birds (but no wild-type birds) were homozygous for a second, 2.5-kb deletion (e^2) that partially overlaps e^1, and the remaining 3 birds were heterozygous e^1e^2".

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
SOX10 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 10 Columba livia NW_004974151.1 (560765..550089) SOX10 Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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WARNING! Inclusion of a variant in this table does not automatically mean that it should be used for DNA testing. Anyone contemplating the use of any of these variants for DNA testing should examine critically the relevant evidence (especially in breeds other than the breed in which the variant was first described). If it is decided to proceed, the location and orientation of the variant sequence should be checked very carefully.

Since October 2021, OMIA includes a semiautomated lift-over pipeline to facilitate updates of genomic positions to a recent reference genome position. These changes to genomic positions are not always reflected in the ‘acknowledgements’ or ‘verbal description’ fields in this table.

OMIA Variant ID Breed(s) Variant Phenotype Gene Allele Type of Variant Source of Genetic Variant Reference Sequence Chr. g. or m. c. or n. p. Verbal Description EVA ID Inferred EVA rsID Year Published PubMed ID(s) Acknowledgements
1065 Recessive red SOX10 e^1 deletion, gross (>20) Naturally occurring variant Domyan et al. (2014) reported a 7.5kb deletion that spans "a conserved enhancer element that drives Sox10 expression in melanocytes" 2014 24508169
1066 Recessive red SOX10 e^2 deletion, gross (>20) Naturally occurring variant Domyan et al. (2014) reported a 2.5kb deletion that spans "a conserved enhancer element that drives Sox10 expression in melanocytes" 2014 24508169

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2019). OMIA:002190-8932: 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.

2019 Domyan, E.T., Hardy, J., Wright, T., Frazer, C., Daniels, J., Kirkpatrick, J., Kirkpatrick, J., Wakamatsu, K., Hill, J.T. :
SOX10 regulates multiple genes to direct eumelanin versus pheomelanin production in domestic rock pigeon. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res , 2019. Pubmed reference: 30838786. DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12778.
2014 Domyan, E.T., Guernsey, M.W., Kronenberg, Z., Krishnan, S., Boissy, R.E., Vickrey, A.I., Rodgers, C., Cassidy, P., Leachman, S.A., Fondon, J.W., Yandell, M., Shapiro, M.D. :
Epistatic and combinatorial effects of pigmentary gene mutations in the domestic pigeon. Curr Biol 24:459-64, 2014. Pubmed reference: 24508169. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.01.020.
1992 Haase, E., Ito, S., Sell, A., Wakamatsu, K. :
Melanin concentrations in feathers from wild and domestic pigeons Journal of Heredity 83:64-67, 1992.
1930 Horlacher, W.R. :
Studies on Inheritance in Pigeons. VII. Inheritance of Red and Black Color Patterns in Pigeons. Genetics 15:312-46, 1930. Pubmed reference: 17246602.

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