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A new beige mutant rat ACI/N-Lystbg-Kyo.
Experimental animals - 1 Jan 2003
Mori Masayuki, Yamasaki Ken-ichi, Nakanishi Satoshi, Kitada Kazuhiro, Higuchi Keiichi, Namiki Chiaki, Hamada Shuichi, Serikawa Tadao
Abstract excerpt
A new beige-like coat color mutant was identified in the ACI/N rat colony. Other features characteristic of beige mutants, such as giant granule cells in various tissues, and prolonged bleeding time were also observed. The genetic complementation test, mating beige-like mutant with the authentic beige mutant rat, DA/Ham-Lystbg, revealed that the mutant gene is allelic to Lystbg. The new beige mutant allele was...
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