Phenotypes

Gutiérrez-Gil et al. (2007): c.64G>A Jolly et al. (2008): c.50_52delTTC Laible et al. (2021): "To better adapt dairy cattle to rapidly warming climates, we aimed to lighten their coat color by genome editing. ... Using gRNA/Cas9-mediated editing, we introduced a three bp deletion in the pre-melanosomal protein 17 gene (PMEL) proposed as causative variant for the semi-dominant color dilution phenotype observed in Galloway and Highland cattl...

Information about ACAN related dwarfism in Bos indicus cattle was previously listed here and was moved to 'OMIA:001271-9915 : Dwarfism, ACAN-related in Bos indicus' [19/06/2023]

Koch et al. (2013) suggested the following nomenclature: CE-0 for homozygous wild type; CE-1 for heterozygotes; and CE-2 for homozygous duplication.

Häfliger et al. (2022) report a Scottish Highland calf with "combined lesions compatible with congenital ichthyosis, alopecia, acantholysis of the tongue and corneal defects associated with a DSP missense variant as the most likely underlying cause."