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Variants in the Tyrosinase (TYR) Gene are Associated with Coat Color in the Dromedary (CamelusDromedarius
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Alshanbari Fahad Abdullah Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University,Buraydah 51452,Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Coat color genetics has been studied in many mammalian species. However, in the dromedary camel, there are only few efforts reported three genes that associated with coat color (MC1R, ASIP and KIT). Saudi dromedaries vary in color from white, light brown, brown, dark brown and black. Tyrosinase (encoded by TYR gene) is a key enzyme responsible for converting tyrosine to melanin in the melanin pathway. TYR is known as the albino locus as it causes albinism in several mammalian species. TYR variants are also associated with diluted coat color phenotypes in rabbits and mice. Here, we investigated the possibility of TYR contribution in the dromedary coat color variations. Dromedary TYR exon 1 gene was studies in the dromedary and two SNPs were detected at position c.200 C>T associated with shoulder height in one study and suggested to be associated with coat color and c.523 T>C associated with black dromedaries. Here, we sequenced TYR all coding regions and identified 3 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in exon 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Our finding shows that TYR c.200 C>T is significantly associated with light brown coat color phenotype in the dromedary (PA and exon3 c.950 C>T. The finding will contribute to the generation of coat color genetic test in the species.
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Page(s) 695-701
DOI 10.47278/journal.ijvs/2023.034
Published Journal: International Journal of Veterinary Science, Volume: 12, Issue: 5, Year: 2023
Keywords
Genetics Coat color dromedary Camelids
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