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The dynamic of the t-haplotype in wild populations of the house mouse Mus musculus domesticus in Israel.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Mar 2007
Ben-Shlomo Rachel, Neufeld Esther, Berger Dov, Lenington Sarah, Ritte Uzi
Abstract excerpt
The t-haplotype, a variant of the proximal part of the mouse chromosome 17, is composed of at least four inversions and is inherited as a single genetic unit. The haplotype causes embryonic mortality or male sterility when homozygous. Genes within the complex are responsible for distortion of Mendelian transmission ratio in males. Thus, the t-haplotype in heterozygous males is transferred to over 95% of the...
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