The color loci of mice--a genetic century.

doi:10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00067.x

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The color loci of mice--a genetic century.

Pigment cell research - 1 Aug 2003

Bennett Dorothy C, Lamoreux M Lynn

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Color loci in mammals are those genetic loci in which mutations can affect pigmentation of the hair, skin, and/or eyes. In the mouse, over 800 phenotypic alleles are now known, at 127 identified color loci. As the number of color loci passed 100 only recently, we celebrate this 'century' with an overview of these loci, especially the 59 that have been cloned and sequenced. These fall into a number of functional...

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Animals
Cell Differentiation
Genotype
Humans
Melanins
Melanocytes
Melanosomes
Mice
Mice, Mutant Strains
Pigmentation
Pigments, Biological

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PMID: 12859616
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00067.x

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