E – Locus (Coat color 'Yellow')

Application: - identification of heterozygous carriers Genetic testing of the MC1R mutation c.916 C>T will determine whether a dog is a carrier of the predisposition for coat color 'yellow' / 'red'. The trait is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, two copies of the e allele (genotype e/e) are required to have the characteristic yellow/red coat color. more

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