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New Zealand Ginger mouse: novel model that associates the tyrp1b pigmentation gene locus with regulation of lean body mass.
Physiological genomics - 13 May 2009
Duchesnes Cécile E, Naggert Jürgen K, Tatnell Michele A, Beckman Nikki, Marnane Rebecca N, Rodrigues Jessica A, Halim Angela, Pontré Beau, Stewart Alistair W, Wolff George L, Elliott Robert, Mountjoy Kathleen G
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The study of spontaneous mutations in mice over the last century has been fundamental to our understanding of normal physiology and mechanisms of disease. Here we studied the phenotype and genotype of a novel mouse model we have called the New Zealand Ginger (NZG/Kgm) mouse. NZG/Kgm mice are very large, rapidly growing, ginger-colored mice with pink eyes. Breeding NZG/Kgm mice with CAST/Ei or C57BL/6J mice showed...
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