OMIA:000213-48723 : Coat colour, white in Pontoporia blainvillei (franciscana)

In other species: domestic cat , sika deer , Bengal tiger , water buffalo

Categories: Pigmentation phene

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 600201 (gene) , 606202 (gene) , 184745 (gene)

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown

Considered a defect: unknown

History: “On October 2011, a newborn franciscana dolphin with an anomalously coloration was sighted in Babitonga Bay, southern Brazil. The calf was totally white.” (Cremer et al. 2014). The authors reported that “between first and last sighting of the white calf (113 days) the color has not changed”, that "this is the first case of a white franciscana dolphin” and considered that this “could be an albino dolphin.”

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

Clinical features: As described by Cremer et al. (2014), “the calf was totally white” and they “considered the possibility that this franciscana could be an albino dolphin.”

Prevalence: As described by Cremer et al. (2014), this white coloration had never been reported previously in this species, “despite the high number of dead franciscanas recovered each year along the distribution of the species, resulting from accidental capture in fishing nets.” This led Cremer et al. (2014) to believe “that this is a very rare characteristic for this species.”

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2020). OMIA:000213-48723: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2014 Cremer, M.J., Sartori, C.M., Schulze, B., Paitach, R.L., Holz, A.C. :
First record of an anomalously colored franciscana dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei. An Acad Bras Cienc 86:1221-6, 2014. Pubmed reference: 25014918. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201420130229.

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