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Genetics of Sex-linked yellow in the Syrian hamster.
Genetics - 1 Apr 2009
Alizadeh Azita, Hong Lewis Z, Kaelin Christopher B, Raudsepp Terje, Manuel Hermogenes, Barsh Gregory S
Abstract excerpt
Alternating patches of black and yellow pigment are a ubiquitous feature of mammalian color variation that contributes to camouflage, species recognition, and morphologic diversity. X-linked determinants of this pattern--recognized by variegation in females but not in males--have been described in the domestic cat as Orange, and in the Syrian hamster as Sex-linked yellow (Sly), but are curiously absent from other...
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