Agouti
Coloration (coat; dorso-ventral)
Cis-regulatory,
Unknown
Peromyscus polionotus leucocephalus
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus allophrys
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus ammobates
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus albifrons
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus subgriseus
(subspecies) D
Intraspecific
Linkage Mapping
Manceau M; Domingues VS; Mallarino R ; et al. (2011)
The developmental role of Agouti in color pattern evolution.
1 Additional References
GP00000057
Asip
Q03288
Morphology
"A closer investigation of this region revealed three SNPs significantly associated with pigment variation, spanning 1,756 bp, in strong linkage disequilibrium (mean r2 = 0.85). A single SNP on chromosome 4 (chr4) at position chr4: 9,845,301 showed a markedly stronger association with pPC1 than the other two (Fig. 3B). This SNP is located between two untranslated exons (exons 1D and 1E), is 120 bp upstream of a cluster of Short Interspersed Nuclear Elements (SINE) in reverse orientation relative to the transcription of Agouti, and is 5,641 bp upstream of the first coding exon (exon 2). "
"Next, we employ an association-mapping approach to identify an ∼2-kb previously uncharacterized noncoding region of Agouti associated with color variation. We then show that this 2-kb region can drive dermal expression in Mus embryos, demonstrating its regulatory activity in the skin during the establishment of pigmentation."
Peromyscus polionotus subgriseus
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus polionotus
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus albifrons
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus leucocephalus
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus allophrys
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus ammobates
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus albifrons
(subspecies) D
Peromyscus polionotus subgriseus
(subspecies) D
Agouti
Peromyscus polionotus leucocephalus
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus allophrys
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus ammobates
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus albifrons
(subspecies)
Peromyscus polionotus subgriseus
(subspecies)
Published - Accepted by Curator