Studies of a spontaneous lethal mutation at the albino locus in SELH/Bc mice.

doi:10.1139/g92-052

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Studies of a spontaneous lethal mutation at the albino locus in SELH/Bc mice.

Genome - 1 Apr 1992

Juriloff D M, Harris M J, Wong V, Miller J E

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We report a new mutation at the albino locus in SELH/Bc mice. The mutation arose spontaneously in a male mouse that appeared to be a somatic and germ line mosaic for a new albino (c) allele, provisionally named cBc. The mutation is a recessive lethal, causing embryonic death soon after implantati...

Topics

Albinism
Alleles
Animals
Chromosome Deletion
Female
Genes, Lethal
Homozygote
Male
Mice
Mice, Mutant Strains
Mutation

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