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Platinum coat color in red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is caused by a mutation in an autosomal copy of KIT.
Animal genetics - 1 Apr 2015
Johnson J L, Kozysa A, Kharlamova A V, Gulevich R G, Perelman P L, Fong H W F, Vladimirova A V, Oskina I N, Trut L N, Kukekova A V
Abstract excerpt
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) demonstrates a variety of coat colors including platinum, a common phenotype maintained in farm-bred fox populations. Foxes heterozygous for the platinum allele have a light silver coat and extensive white spotting, whereas homozygosity is embryonic lethal. Two KIT transcripts were identified in skin cDNA from platinum foxes. The long transcript was identical to the KIT transcript of...
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