Article
Coat color genetics of Peromyscus. I. Ashiness, an age-dependent coat color mutation in the deer mouse.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Teed S K, Crossland J P, Dawson W D
Abstract excerpt
Ashy deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) were first discovered about 1960 in a wild population from Oregon. Although indistinguishable from the wild type at weaning, ashy deer mice become progressively grayer with subsequent molts. The trait is inherited as an autosomal recessive and the symbol ahy is assigned for the locus. The trait is distinctly manifest by 6 months of age, at which time homozygotes have white...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Crosses, Genetic
- Drug Implants
- Female
- Hair Color
- Male
- Melanocytes
- Mutation
- Peromyscus
- Phenotype