For at få et indtryk af Mendelsk arvegang inden for husdyr, kan
den australske database ANGIS anvendes, for at se den,
klik
her. Den er hovedsageligt baseret på udspaltning af sygdomsgener
i husdyrbestande. Databasen er samlet af Nicolas, der er forfatter til
Introduction to Veterinary Genetics.
Nedenstående se udskrift af litteratur fra databasen om albino genet
hos kvæg, se i øvrigt
billede
af en albino SDM kalv; udlånt af Lars Gjøl Christensen.
COAT COLOUR, ALBINISM in CATTLE
MIA Number : 000202
Possible human homologue (MIM number) :
[ 203100 ]
Across-Species Summary :
Congenital lack of pigment in all parts of the body. Due to a
non-functional form of the enzyme tyrosinase.
References after 1970
Greene, H.J., Leipold, H.W., Gelatt, K.M., Huston, K. (1973).
Complete albinism in beef Shorthorn calves. Journal of Heredity
64: 189-192.
Weber, W., Lauvergne, J.J., Winzenried, H.U. (1973). Hereditary
albinism in Swiss Simmental cattle [French]. Schweizer Archiv fur
Tierheilkunde 115: 142-144.
Manunta, G., Lai, P., Cancedda, M. (1975). A contribution to the
study of albinism in the Brown Mountain breed. Zootecnica e
Veterinaria. Fecondazione Artificiale 30: 129-135.
Ojo, S.A., Leipold, H.W. (1976). Ocular albinism in a herd of
Nigerian Holstein Friesian cattle. Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung
und Zuchtungsbiologie 93: 252-254.
Jayasekera, U., Leipold, H.W. (1981). Albinism in United States
Charolais cattle. Annales de Genetique et de Selection Animale
13: 213-218.
Foreman, M.E., Lamoreux, M.L., Kwon, B., Womack, J.E. (1994). Mapping
the bovine albino locus. Journal of Heredity 85: 318-320.