Table 2

Genotype frequency of two MLPH polymorphisms in different breeds

Breed and phenotype
No. of animals
dilute genotype1
Exon 22
Exon 7








CC3
CT
TT
199R199R
199R199H
199H199H

Doberman Pinscher (all)
140

50 (36%)
69 (49%)
21 (15%)
82 (59%)
47 (34%)
11 (8%)
     wildtype coat color
98
D.
50 (51%)
48 (49%)
-
62 (63%)
33 (34%)
3 (3%)
     wildtype coat color
21
Dd
-
21 (100%)
-
9 (43%)
12 (57%)
-
     dilute coat color
21
dd
-
-
21 (100%)
11 (52%)
2 (10%)
8 (38%)









Doberman Pinscher (American origin)
38

6 (16%)
21 (55%)
11 (29%)
35 (92%)
3 (8%)
-
     wildtype coat color
19
D.
6 (32%)
13 (68%)
-
16 (84%)
3 (16%)
-
     wildtype coat color
8
Dd
-
8 (100%)
-
8 (100%)
-
-
     dilute coat color
11
dd
-
-
11 (100%)
11 (100%)
-
-









Doberman Pinscher (European origin)
102

44 (43%)
48 (47%)
10 (10%)



     wildtype coat color
79
D.
44 (56%)
35 (44%)
-
46 (58%)
30 (38%)
3 (4%)
     wildtype coat color
13
Dd
-
13 (100%)
-
1 (8%)
12 (92%)
-
     dilute coat color
10
dd
-
-
10 (100%)
-
2 (20%)
8 (80%)









German Pinscher
143

143 (100%)
-
-
64 (45%)
61 (43%)
18 (13%)
     wildtype coat color
117
D.
117 (100%)
-
-
64 (55%)
53 (45%)
-
     wildtype coat color
8
Dd
8 (100%)
-
-
-
8 (100%)
-
     dilute coat color
18
dd
18 (100%)
-
-
-
-
18 (100%)









Beagle
6

1
3
2
1
3
2
     wildtype coat color
2
D.
1
1

1
1

     wildtype coat color
2
Dd

2


2

     dilute coat color
2
dd


2


2









Large Munsterlander
12

-
8
4
-
7
5
     wildtype coat color
8
Dd
-
8
-
-
7
1
     dilute coat color & BHFD
4
dd
-
-
4
-
-
4









Weimeraner (dilute coat color)
1
dd

1


1

Am. Staffordshire (dilute col. & CDA)
1
dd

1


1

Mountain Dogs
26
D.
25
1

25
1

Breeds unspecified
12
D.
10
2

9
3










total
341

229 (67%)
85 (25%)
27 (8%)
181 (53%)
124 (36%)
36 (11%)

1 A dog with wildtype coat color has the dilute genotype DD or Dd. If the animal has never produced any dilute (dd) offspring, the genotype can not be deduced unambiguously from the phenotype and the genotype is then denoted "D.". Among the Pinschers with wildtype coat colors there were also obligate carriers of the dilute allele (Dd), as these animals had dilute (dd) progeny.

2 This polymorphism corresponds to the silent C/T SNP in exon 2 at position 164258 in the reference sequence [EMBL:BN000728].

3 The following associations were highly significant in Pinscher breeds under Fisher's Exact Test (p < 0.001): Exon 2 for all Doberman Pinschers, American Doberman Pinschers, and European Doberman Pinschers; exon 7 for European Doberman Pinschers and for German Pinschers. Non-Pinscher breeds were not evaluated statistically because of their small sample numbers.

Philipp et al. BMC Genetics 2005 6:34   doi:10.1186/1471-2156-6-34