Coat Color
Widow's Peak (Discovered in the Afghan Hound and Saluki)
Alternative Names: Sable, Domino, Grizzle
The Widow's peak (Discovered in the Afghan Hound and Saluki) is also known as the Grizzle variant. It is responsible for a blended effect of light and dark hair, with the lower part of the body appearing lighter than the top. Other names for this variant include Eg and Domino, and it is found in the MC1R gene (known as the E locus), and is a rare trait.
More Info
Did you know?
Grizzle is one of the rarer coat color variants found in dogs, and is most commonly found in dogs with Middle Eastern ancestry.
How it works
One or two copies of the Grizzle variant may result in the Grizzle coat color.
Prevalence
1 in 1,300 dogs
has one or more copy of this genetic variant in our testing.
Technical Details
| Gene | MC1R |
|---|---|
| Also Called | Extension (E) Locus |
| Variant | G>T |
| Chromosome | 5 |
| Coordinate | 63,695,017 |
All coordinates reference CanFam3.1
References & Credit
Credit to our scientific colleagues:
Dreger, D. L., & Schmutz, S. M. (2010). A new mutation in MC1R explains a coat color phenotype in 2 “old” breeds: Saluki and Afghan Hound. Journal of Heredity, 101(5), 644–649. View the article