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A spontaneous mutation in the desmoglein 4 gene underlies hypotrichosis in a new lanceolate hair rat model.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Dec 2004
Meyer Birgit, Bazzi Hisham, Zidek Vaclav, Musilova Alena, Pravenec Michal, Kurtz Theodore W, Nurnberg Peter, Christiano Angela M
Abstract excerpt
A recessive hairless mutation arose spontaneously in a congenic line of spontaneously hypertensive rats SHR.BN-(D1Mit3-Igf2)/Ipcv. The mutant rats develop generalized alopecia except for partial hair growth on their heads. Affected animals of the congenic line were crossed with LEW rats and randomly bred for several generations. A genome scan in 74 affected and 75 unaffected offspring localized the mutant gene on...
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