Correction: Mutations in MITF and PAX3 Cause "splashed White" and Other White Spotting Phenotypes in Horses(PLoS Genet (2012) 8:4 (e1002653) DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002653)

Abstract

There are errors in the identification of an allele, PAX3C70Y, arising by a de novo mutation event in a Quarter Horse mare born in 1987. The authors discovered a sample mix-up concerning the erroneously claimed Quarter Horse founder mare, labeled QH095 and genotyped PAX3+/+. Through analysis of an independent sample of QH095, the authors identified the genotype PAX3C70Y/+ in the new sample. Therefore, QH095 is not the founder animal for the PAX3C70Y allele.