The Naked Truth: Sphynx and Devon Rex Cat Breed Mutations in KRT71

October 2010 in “ Mammalian genome ”

Barbara Gandolfi, Catherine A. Outerbridge, Leslie G. Beresford, Jeffrey A. Myers, Monica Pimentel, Hasan Alhaddad, Jennifer C. Grahn, Robert A. Grahn, Leslie A. Lyons

KRT71 gene splice site SNP hairless allele curly allele homozygous compound heterozygotes allelic series hairless curly hair

Studysummary In this study, specific genetic polymorphisms in the KRT71 gene were associated with hairless and curly phenotypes in Sphynx and Devon Rex cats.

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