Non progressive dilution or lightening effect of the black or brown coat colours
Symptoms
Dilute
Gene involved
MLPH
Mutation tested
c.-22G>A
(d)
Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Publication : Drögemüller et al. (2007). A noncoding melanophilin gene (MLPH) SNP at the splice donor of exon 1 represents a candidate causal mutation for coat color dilution in dogs.
Gene involved
MLPH
Mutation tested
c.705G>C
(d2)
Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Publication : Bauer et al. (2018). A novel MLPH variant in dogs with coat colour dilution.
Gene involved
MLPH
Mutation tested
c.667_668insC
(d3)
Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Publication : Van Buren et al. (2020). A third MLPH variant causing coat color dilution in dogs.