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Genetics

One SW5 copy

One SW5 copy · SW5/N

Recorded as showing this trait.

Dominant

How do you know?

DNA test reported by owner

Original wording: "N/SW5".

Reported risk: Deafness was reported in six of eight white-spotted horses in the one family studied with SW5. Hearing loss is not established in every carrier.

Henkel J, Lafayette C, Brooks SA, Martin K, Patterson-Rosa L, Cook D, Jagannathan V, Leeb T. 2019. Anim Genet 50:172-174, Whole-genome sequencing reveals a large deletion in the MITF gene in horses with white spotted coat colour and increased risk of deafnessOMIA (University of Sydney), entry, OMIA:000214-9796 Coat colour, white spotting (MITF) in Equus caballus