R Locus - Rexing and Hairless

Presence of curly hair or hairlessness

Symptoms
Hairless or curly coat.

Gene involved
KRT71

Mutation tested
c.816+1G>A (hr)

Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Age of onset : From birth
Specificity : Sphynx hairless

Publication : Gandolfi et al. (2010). The naked truth: Sphynx and Devon Rex cat breed mutations in KRT71.

Concerned breeds :

Gene involved
LPAR6

Mutation tested
c.250_253delTTTG (r)

Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Age of onset : From birth
Specificity : Cornish Rex curly/woolly hair coat

Publication : Gandolphi et al. (2013). To the root of the curl: A signature of a recent selective sweep identifies a mutation that defines the Cornish rex cat breed.

Gene involved
KRT71

Mutation tested
c.445-1G>C (SLK)

Transmission mode : Autosomal dominant
Age of onset : From birth
Specificity : Selkirk Rex curly hair coat

Publication : Gandolfi et al. (2013). A splice variant in KRT71 is associated with curly coat phenotype of Selkirk Rex cats.

Gene involved
KRT71

Mutation tested
c.1108-4_1184delins (re)

Transmission mode : Autosomal recessive
Age of onset : From birth
Specificity : Devon Rex curly hair coat

Publication : Gandolfi et al. (2010). The naked truth: Sphynx and Devon Rex cat breed mutations in KRT71.

Concerned breeds :