1 Temperate highland tropical climate with dry winters (Cwb, Cwc) is a type of climate characteristic of the highlands inside the tropics of Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Madagascar, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa, but it is also found in central Argentina, outside the tropics.
Like the earwax glands, the mammary glands are also a form of the apocrine gland and express the ABCC11 gene. The C variant of ABCC11 associated with wet type earwax is also associated with colostrum secretion from the mammary glands (4).
The Curly Hair test: The Curly Hair test allows one to determine the genotype of a tested dog as being normal/clear of the KRT71 mutation (i.e. having two copies of the normal gene); a carrier of one copy of the mutation; or a homozygote for the KRT71 mutation (i.e. having two copies of the mutant variant).