[Effects of monorecessive and double recessive mutations affecting coat color on the monoamine content of the brain of the American mink (Mustela vison Schreber, 1777)].

Abstract excerpt

The effects of mutations affecting the coat color on the dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin contents of the hypothalamus and brainstem of the American mink have been studied. The sample comprised standard (+/+) and mutant minks, including the monorecessive pastel (b/b), silver-blue (p/p), and white hedlund (h/h) and the combination double recessive sapphire (a/a p/p) and pearl (k/k p/p) ones. The dopamine...

Topics

• Animals
• Brain Chemistry
• Dopamine
• Hair
• Mesencephalon
• Mink
• Mutation
• Pigmentation
• Quantitative Trait Loci
• Serotonin