OMIA:002466-87173 : Beak colour, BCO2-related in Geospiza difficilis (sharp-beaked ground finch)

In other species: common canary , woodpecker finch , large cactus finch , medium ground-finch , small ground finch , large ground finch , common cactus finch , small tree finch , large tree finch , medium tree finch , Cocos finch , mangrove finch , Española cactus finch & Genovesa ground finch

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) (MIM number): 611740 (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: 2021

Cross-species summary: Bill colour, BCO2-related

Species-specific description: Enbody et al. (2021) "report a combined field and molecular-genetic investigation of a nestling beak color polymorphism in Darwin's finches. ... we show that the polymorphism arose in the Galápagos half a million years ago through a mutation associated with regulatory change in the BCO2 gene and is shared by 14 descendant species." See 'OMIA:002466-48883 : Beak colour, BCO2-related in Geospiza fortis' for information on history, inheritance, mapping and molecular basis.

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

Variants

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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
1375 Beak colour, yellow BCO2 synonymous Naturally occurring variant 24 g.6166878G>A p.(V?V) synonymous change 32 bp into exon 4 2021 34687609

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2024). OMIA:002466-87173: 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.

2021 Enbody, E.D., Sprehn, C.G., Abzhanov, A., Bi, H., Dobreva, M.P., Osborne, O.G., Rubin, C.J., Grant, P.R., Grant, B.R., Andersson, L. :
A multispecies BCO2 beak color polymorphism in the Darwin's finch radiation. Curr Biol 31:5597-5604, 2021. Pubmed reference: 34687609. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.085.
2014 Grant P.R., Grant B.R. :
40 Years of Evolution: Darwin’s Finches on Daphne Major Island. Princeton University Press , 2014.
1989 Grant B.R., Grant P.R. :
Evolutionary Dynamics of a Natural Population: The Large Cactus Finch of the Galapagos University of Chicago Press, , 1989.
1979 Grant P.R., Boag P.T., Schluter D. :
A bill color polymorphism in young Darwin’s finches. Auk 96:800-802, 1979. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/96.4.800.

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