We will investigate why the moose is white. By comparing the genomes of white and brown moose, we expect to find gene variants associated the white coat. The coat's pale coat color is an example of leucism - a collective name for white or pale yellow animals whose eyes are still dark, in contrast to red-eyed albinos. We have access to a samples from a few white moose, and more samples will be collected. Solid white and white spotted moose has not only been described in Värmland, but also in other parts of Sweden as well as in North America. Among the indigenous American people, these moose are called "White Spirit Moose", and considered sacred. Arguments for projects extending: We have collected in total 15 samples of white moose from Sweden. We now plan to whole genome sequence some of these samples and add to our previous data. Another part of the work is alignment of the moose samples with the moose genome and comparison of the genome variants mapped to both cattle and moose genomes. Due to the mapping to the cattle genome, the variant filtering resulted in a high number of false positive 1/1 variants. Our further analyses will filter away these false positives. This will also help us to better investigate the moose genome in general.