The Ay allele at the agouti locus reduces the size and alters the shape of the mandible in mice.

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To confirm my previous findings that the A(y) allele at the agouti locus reduced the mandible size and therefore altered the mandible shape in a KK mouse strain background, I further investigated the effects of the A(y) allele on mandible morphology on different strain backgrounds, DDD and B6. Principal component analysis revealed that the mandible was significantly smaller in A(y) mice (DDD-A(y) and B6-A(y))...

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