{"id":274345,"date":"2024-09-12T07:23:55","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T05:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.laboklin.com\/labogen\/labogen_wp\/index.php\/colore-lunghezza-del-mantello-struttura-dei-peli-gatto\/coat-length-long-or-short-hair\/"},"modified":"2024-09-12T07:23:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T05:23:55","slug":"coat-length-long-or-short-hair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/colore-lunghezza-del-mantello-struttura-dei-peli-gatto\/coat-length-long-or-short-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Coat length (long or short hair)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coat length (long or short hair)<\/h1>

General description<\/strong><\/h4>

Long-haired coat in cats can be caused by several genetic variants that are inherited autosomal-recessive. They genotype can be checked with this test<\/p><\/div>

Order details<\/summary>
Test number<\/strong><\/span><\/td>8147<\/td><\/tr>
Sample material<\/strong><\/td>0.5 ml EDTA blood, 2x cheek swab, 1x special swab (eNAT)<\/td><\/tr>
Test duration<\/strong><\/td>7-14 working days<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/details>
Test specifications<\/summary>
Causality<\/strong><\/td>causally<\/td><\/tr>
Gene<\/strong><\/td>FGF5<\/td><\/tr>
Mutation<\/strong><\/td>COMPLEX<\/td><\/tr>
Literature<\/strong><\/td>OMIA:000439-9685<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/details><\/div>
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Detailed description<\/summary>

Coat colours, patterns and texture are determined by the combined action of several genes, only one gene - FGF5 - determines hair length in cats. To date five different genetic variants<\/strong> in the FGF5<\/em> gene<\/strong> have been identified that are associated with the hair-length differences (M1-M5). Four of them are fairly breed specific (M1, M2, M3, M5), M4 is present in all long-haired cat breeds and crossbreds.<\/p>

Long-haired coat length<\/strong> is inherited a an autosomal recessive trait<\/strong>, therefore cats that are carriers of the long hair variant will appear to be normal (short hair) themselves but will likely pass on the long-hair variant with a probability of 50%. Long-haired cats<\/strong> can either carry two copies of the same variant (homozygote recessive) or have two different variants one on each chromosome (compound heterozygote)<\/strong>.<\/p>

LABOKLIN offers a test for coat length that detects the five currently known variants in cats. It is possible that there are other variants causing long hair which have not yet been identified.<\/p>

The DNA test allows to distinguish between the following genotypes:

  • N\/N:<\/strong> Cat has short hair. None of the 5 long hair variants detected. Cat cannot produce long-haired kittens.<\/li>
  • N\/M1, N\/M2, N\/M3, N\/M4 or N\/M5:<\/strong> Cat has short hair and carries one copy of a long hair variant. Cat can produce short and long-haired kittens depending on genotype of the mate.<\/li>
  • M1\/M1, M2\/M2, M3\/M3, M4\/M4 or M5\/M5:<\/strong> Cat has long hair and will produce only long-haired kittens when bred to a long-haired mate.<\/li>
  • M1\/M2, M1\/M3, M1\/M4, M1\/M5, M2\/M3, M2\/M4, M2\/M5, M3\/M4, M3\/M5, M4\/M5:<\/strong> Cat has long hair and carries two different long hair variants (compound heterozygote). Cat will produce only long-haired kittens when bred to other long-haired cats.<\/li><\/ul><\/p>

    By DNA testing, the responsible variant can be shown directly. This method provides a test with a very high accuracy and can be done at any age. It offers the possibility to distinguish not only between short- and longhaired cats, but also to identify shorthaired carriers of the long hair variants.<\/p><\/p><\/details><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":269941,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-274345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274345\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labogen.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}