Mining the 99 Lives Cat Genome Sequencing Consortium database implicates genes and variants for the Ticked locus in domestic cats (Felis catus).

ABSTRACT: Tabby patterns of fur coats are defining characteristics in wild and domestic felids. Historically, three autosomal alleles at one locus (Tabby): Abyssinian (T^a ; a.k.a. ticked), mackerel (T^m ; a.k.a. striped) and blotched (t^b ; a.k.a. classic, blotched) were thought to control these patterns in domestic cats and their breeds. Currently, at least three loci influence cat tabby markings, two of which are designated Tabby and Ticked. The Tabby locus is laeverin (LVRN) and affects the mackerel and blotched patterns. The unidentified gene for the Ticked locus on cat chromosome B1 was suggested to control the presence or absence of the ticked pattern (Tabby - Abyssinian (T^a ; a.k.a. ticked). The cat reference genome (Cinnamon, the Abyssinian) has the

SUBMITTER: Lyons LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8252059 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature