Abstract:
:Merle is a distinct coat color and pattern found in numerous species, including the domestic dog, characterized by patches of diluted eumelanin (black pigment) interspersed among areas of normal pigmentation. In dogs, this variegated pattern is caused by an insertion of a SINE element into the canine PMEL gene. Although variation in the length of the SINE insertion - due to a variable-length poly(A) tail - has been observed to be associated with variation in merle coat color and patterning, no systematic evaluation of this correlation has been conducted and published in the scientific literature. We performed high-resolution analysis of the SINE insertion lengths in 175 dogs (99 Australian shepherds, 45 miniature Australian shepherds, and 31 miniature American shepherds) and compared the genotypes with the coat phenotypes (when available). SINE insertion lengths varied from 201 to 277 bp, indicating that merle insertion variants can occur in virtually any size along the entire continuum. Genotype-phenotype correlation of 126 dogs with only a single SINE insertion (m/M) identified at least 4 major phenotypic clusters designated as "cryptic," "atypical," "classic," and "harlequin" merle. However, we found several phenotypic outliers that did not cluster within these major groupings, suggesting that insertion size is not the only factor responsible for merle phenotypic variability. In addition, we detected 25 dogs with 2 SINE insertions (M/M) and 24 dogs with more than 2 PMEL (merle) alleles, indicating mosaicism. Genotype-phenotype correlation of M/M dogs suggests that cryptic merle alleles often act like non-merle (m) alleles when combined with atypical, classic, and harlequin-sized alleles. The finding of mosaicism has important implications for the dog's phenotype and the ability to potentially transmit various alleles to its offspring. Furthermore, we identified examples of the SINE insertion poly(A)-tail expansion and contraction between generations, which also has important implications for breeding practices and determining mating pairs to avoid producing double merle dogs. These data demonstrate that there is a continuum of merle insertion lengths associated with a spectrum of coat color and patterns and that genotype-phenotype exceptions and overlap make it difficult to strictly assign certain insertion sizes with an expected coat color, although some generalizations are possible.
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Cytogenet Genome Resjournal_title
Cytogenetic and genome researchauthors
Ballif BC,Ramirez CJ,Carl CR,Sundin K,Krug M,Zahand A,Shaffer LG,Flores-Smith Hdoi
10.1159/000491408subject
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2018-08-03 00:00:00eissn
1424-8581issn
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