Promoter Variants Predict the Sesame Coat Color in Shiba Inu Dogs.

Animals exhibit a wide variety of genetically determined coat colors and pigmentation patterns that serve important roles in adaptation and communication. Although the genetics of the main coat colors in dogs have been studied extensively, there are types of coat pigmentation that have not been explained yet. Recently, an association between the variants in the gene Ventral (VP) and Hair Cycle (HCP) promoters with different coat colors in dogs has been established.