Duplication of FGF3, FGF4, FGF19 and ORAOV1 causes hair ridge and predisposition to dermoid sinus in Ridgeback dogs. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The dorsal hair ridge in Rhodesian and Thai Ridgeback dogs is caused by a dominant mutation that also predisposes to the congenital developmental disorder dermoid sinus. Here we show that the causative mutation is a 133-kb duplication involving three fibroblast growth factor (FGF) genes. FGFs play a crucial role in development, suggesting that the ridge and dermoid sinus are caused by dysregulation of one or more of the three FGF genes during development.

published proceedings

  • Nat Genet

altmetric score

  • 12.746

author list (cited authors)

  • Salmon Hillbertz, N., Isaksson, M., Karlsson, E. K., Hellmn, E., Pielberg, G. R., Savolainen, P., ... Andersson, G.

citation count

  • 160

complete list of authors

  • Salmon Hillbertz, Nicolette HC||Isaksson, Magnus||Karlsson, Elinor K||Hellmén, Eva||Pielberg, Gerli Rosengren||Savolainen, Peter||Wade, Claire M||von Euler, Henrik||Gustafson, Ulla||Hedhammar, Ake||Nilsson, Mats||Lindblad-Toh, Kerstin||Andersson, Leif||Andersson, Göran

publication date

  • November 2007