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BALB/c alleles at modifier loci increase the severity of the maternal effect of the "DDK syndrome".
Genetics - 1 Feb 2000
Le Bras S, Cohen-Tannoudji M, Kress C, Vandormael-Pournin S, Babinet C, Baldacci P
Abstract excerpt
The Om locus was first described in the DDK inbred mouse strain: DDK mice carry a mutation at Om resulting in a parental effect lethality of F(1) embryos. When DDK females are mated with males of other (non-DDK) inbred strains, e.g., BALB/c, they exhibit a low fertility, whereas the reciprocal cross, non-DDK females x DDK males, is fertile (as is the DDK intrastrain cross). The low fertility is due to the death...
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