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Female mice of DDK strain are fully fertile in the intersubspecific crosses with Mus musculus molossinus and M. m. castaneus.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Jul 2002
Zhao Wei Dong, Ishikawa Akira, Yamagata Takahiro, Bolor Hasbaira, Wakasugi Noboru
Abstract excerpt
The female mice of DDK strain are almost infertile when mated with males from other strains. This phenomenon is caused by the early death of F1 embryos owing to the incompatibility system attributed to the ovum mutant (Om) locus on Chromosome (Chr) 11 and known as DDK syndrome. In the present study, DDK females were found to be fully fertile in the intersubspecific matings with the males of two wild mouse-derived...
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