Table 3.

Nucleotide and Amino Acid Differences among FourKIT cDNA Sequences Identified in Colored (i/i) and Dominant White (I/I) Pigs

Coat color Sequence variant Exon
17   5 (821) 5 (828) 6 (978) 6 (984) 6 (1008) 9 (1464) 18 (2502) 19 (2678)
Colored KIT1*0101 presentAGGACAAACGGAGAGACGCCTGCG
ArgThrAsnGlyGluThrProAla
White KIT1*0201 present– – –– – –– – T– – C– – A– – A– – C– T –
Val
White KIT1*0202 present– A –– – G– – –– – –– – A– – A– – C– T –
LysVal
White KIT2*0201 absent– – –– – –– – T– – C– – A– – A– – C– T –
Val

[i] The complete coding sequence of 2919 bp was determined, except for the last 27 bp of exon 21. Exon number (and nucleotide position) for each polymorphism are indicated. A dash indicates identity to the master sequence.