Whole genome sequencing analysis of alpaca suggests TRPV3 as a candidate gene for the suri phenotype.

"data availability the vcf file from the de novo wgs of six alpacas used in the current study are available in the eva (european variation archive) repository under the project prjeb61878 [ https://www ebi ac uk/eva/?; eva-study=prjeb61878 ] while the fastq files are available in the ncbi sra (sequence read archive) repository under the project no prjna1020284.; the six vicugna and the six guanaco samples generated by a previous project and used in this study are available in the ncbi sequence read archive (sra) [prjna612032]. data availability the vcf file from the de novo wgs of six alpacas used in the current study are available in the eva (european variation archive) repository under the project prjeb61878"

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAlpaca’s skin biopsies were obtained in 2008 according to the guidelines of the Animal Ethics Committee of the University of Camerino. All experimental protocols were approved by the aforementioned committee and in accordance with ARRIVE guidelines. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Not applicable."