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OMIA:002280-9913 : Coat colour, albinism, generic in Bos taurus (taurine cattle)

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Categories: Pigmentation phene

Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: yes

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

Species summary: See also gene specific entries for albinism phenotypes, e.g., OMIA:000202-9913 : Coat/skin colour, oculocutaneous albinism type I (OCA1), TYR-related in Bos taurus (taurine cattle)

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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2025). OMIA:002280-9913: 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.

2025 Jacinto, J.G.P., Leuenberger, T., Hauser, M., Häfliger, I.M., Seefried, F.R., Letko, A., Drögemüller, C. :
Rare phenotypes of white coat color in Simmental calves: genetic causes of syndromic forms of albinism and depigmentation. Mol Genet Genomics 300:91, 2025. Pubmed reference: 40913728. DOI: 10.1007/s00438-025-02290-2.
2004 Schmutz, SM., Berryere, TG., Ciobanu, DC., Mileham, AJ., Schmidtz, BH., Fredholm, M. :
A form of albinism in cattle is caused by a tyrosinase frameshift mutation. Mamm Genome 15:62-7, 2004. Pubmed reference: 14727143. DOI: 10.1007/s00335-002-2249-5.
1994 Foreman, M.E., Lamoreux, M.L., Kwon, B., Womack, J.E. :
Mapping the bovine albino locus Journal of Heredity 85:318-320, 1994. Pubmed reference: 7930500.
1978 Manunta, G., Cancedda, M. :
[Albinism in cattle. Hide coloration of the F1 born of an albino bull and albino or pigmented cow]. Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper 54:525-8, 1978. Pubmed reference: 743468.
1975 Cancedda, M. :
[Copper, iron and magnesium content of the skin of albino, white, brown and black cattle]. Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper 51:775-80, 1975. Pubmed reference: 1222102.
Manunta, G., Lai, P., Cancedda, M. :
A contribution to the study of albinism in the Brown Mountain breed Zootecnica e Veterinaria. Fecondazione Artificiale 30:129-135, 1975.
1973 Greene, H.J., Leipold, H.W., Gelatt, K.M., Huston, K. :
Complete albinism in beef Shorthorn calves Journal of Heredity 64:189-192, 1973. Pubmed reference: 4766205.
Weber, W., Lauvergne, J.J., Winzenried, H.U. :
Hereditary albinism in Swiss Simmental cattle [French] Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde 115:142-144, 1973. Pubmed reference: 4735017.
1968 Leipold, H.W., Huston, K., Gelatt, K.N. :
Complete albinism in a Guernsey calf Journal of Heredity 59:218-220, 1968. Pubmed reference: 5703382.
1962 Kumazaki, K., Mori, J. :
Albino cattle of the Holstein Friesian breed appearing in the western region of Japan Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 32:362-368, 1962.
1954 Matsumoto, K., Tsutsumi, Y. :
Albino calves found in the Holstein-Friesian breed in Japan Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science 24:151-154, 1954.
1944 Peterson, W.E., Gilmore, L.O., Fitch, J.B., Winters, L.M. :
Albinism in cattle Journal of Heredity 35:135-144, 1944.
1934 Cole, L.J., Lone, E.E. van, Johansson, I. :
Albinotic dilution of colour in cattle Journal of Heredity 25:145-156, 1934.
1920 Detlefsen, J.A. :
A herd of albino cattle Journal of Heredity 11:378-379, 1920.

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  • Created by Frank Nicholas on 25 Feb 2022
  • Changed by Imke Tammen2 on 09 Sep 2025