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<p><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;Original BMC Genomics site:&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363</span></a></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The genome sequencing of an albino Western lowland gorilla reveals inbreeding in the wild</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Javier Prado-Martinez</strong><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">1</a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">,&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Irene Hernando-Herraez</strong><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">1</a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">,&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Belen Lorente-Galdos</strong><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">1</a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">,&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marc Dabad</strong><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">1</a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">,</span><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oscar Ramirez</strong><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">1</a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">,&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carlos Baeza-Delgado</strong><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins2" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">2</a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">,&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carlos Morcillo-Suarez</strong><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">1</a></sup><sup style="font-family: inherit; 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font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins16" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">16</a></sup><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins3" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">3</a></sup><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em;">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tomas Marques-Bonet</strong><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins1" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">1</a></sup><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/14/363/#ins13" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-size: 8.800000190734863px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(38, 115, 186);">13</a></sup><sup style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px 0.2em 0px 0px; margin: 0px;">*</sup></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Abstract</span></b></p> <p><b style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; line-height: 12.800000190734863px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Background</span></b></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="collapsible-content" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; clear: both; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The only known albino gorilla, named&nbsp;<em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Snowflake</em>, was a male wild born individual from Equatorial Guinea who lived at the Barcelona Zoo for almost 40 years. </span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; clear: both; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">He was diagnosed with non-syndromic oculocutaneous albinism, i.e. white hair, light eyes, pink skin, photophobia and reduced visual acuity. Despite previous efforts to explain the genetic cause, this is still unknown. </span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; clear: both; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here, we study the genetic cause of his albinism and making use of whole genome sequencing data we find a higher inbreeding coefficient compared to other gorillas.</span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; clear: both; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;">&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: large;">Results</span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; clear: both; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We successfully identified the causal genetic variant for&nbsp;<em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Snowflake&rsquo;s</em>&nbsp;albinism, a non-synonymous single nucleotide variant located in a transmembrane region of&nbsp;<em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">SLC45A2</em>. </span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; clear: both; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This transporter is known to be involved in oculocutaneous albinism type 4 ([[OCA4]]) in humans. We provide experimental evidence that shows that this amino acid replacement alters the membrane spanning capability of this transmembrane region. Finally, we provide a comprehensive study of genome-wide patterns of autozygogosity revealing that&nbsp;<em style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Snowflake</em>&rsquo;s parents were related, being this the first report of inbreeding in a wild born Western lowland gorilla.</span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; clear: both; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;">&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: large;">Conclusions</span></p> <p style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; clear: both; line-height: 17.600000381469727px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In this study we demonstrate how the use of whole genome sequencing can be extended to link genotype and phenotype in non-model organisms and it can be a powerful tool in conservation genetics (e.g., inbreeding and genetic diversity) with the expected decrease in sequencing cost.</span></p> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p><span id="keywords" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11.199999809265137px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 12.800000190734863px;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Keywords</span>:&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Gorilla; [[Albinism]]; Inbreeding; Genome; Conservation</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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