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Cross-experimental analysis of coat color variations and morphological characteristics of the japanese wild mouse, Mus musculus.
Experimental animals - 1 Jan 2013
Suzuki Taichi A, Iwasa Masahiro A
Abstract excerpt
There are many coat colors in the laboratory mouse, Mus musculus. On the basis of traditional genetics, there are four loci, A-D, related to coat color expressions. As shown by previous studies, Japanese wild mice have gray backs and white bellies and are assumed to carry the A(w) allele at the A (agouti) locus, which is dominant over any other alleles. However, we collected Japanese wild mice from central Honshu...
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