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Journal of Heredity 2004 95(6):526-531; doi:10.1093/jhered/esh083
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© 2004 The American Genetic Association

Brief Communication

Analysis of the Inheritance of White Spotting and the Evaluation of KIT and EDNRB as Spotting Loci in Dutch Boxer Dogs

M. A. E. van Hagen, J. van der Kolk, M. A. M. Barendse, S. Imholz, P. A. J. Leegwater, B. W. Knol, and B. A. van Oost

From the Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.154, NL-3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands

Address correspondence to M. A. E. van Hagen, DVM at the address above, or e-mail: m.a.e.vanhagen{at}vet.uu.nl.

The genetic basis of the white spotting pattern in Dutch boxer dogs is not known. We studied whether the segregation of white spotting in boxers follows a Mendelian inheritance pattern. Blood samples were collected, along with digital photographs in standard directions of (grand)parents (n = 16) and offspring (n = 52) from eight litters of Dutch boxers. In order to select heterozygous parents, we selected nonuniform litters, in which at least one puppy was extreme white. On the basis of criteria for the location, the extent of white spotting, and the mean percentage of pigmented area of the foot soles, we classified 10 dogs as solid colored, 27 as flashy, and 15 as extreme white. This was not a significant deviation from the expected 1:2:1 ratio. Because the flashy phenotype seems to be an intermediate between the two homozygotes, white spotting in the Dutch boxer can be considered to be due to a single gene effect, with incomplete dominance. We have evaluated candidate genes c-KIT (KIT) and EDNRB for segregation with white spotting phenotype in these litters. Using polymorphic markers, very near the KIT and EDNRB genes, we found that segregation of the white spotting pattern did not coincide with segregation of these polymorphic markers. Thus neither KIT nor EDNRB are likely to be responsible for white spotting in the Dutch population of boxers.


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