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Molecular analyses of the agouti allele in the Japanese house mouse identify a novel variant of the agouti gene.
Genome - 1 Mar 2018
Iwasa Masahiro A, Kawamura Sayaka, Myoshu Hikari, Suzuki Taichi A
Abstract excerpt
It has been thought that the Japanese house mouse carries the Aw allele at the agouti locus causing light-colored bellies, but they do not always show this coloration. Thus, the presence of the Aw allele seems to be doubtful in them. To ascertain whether the Aw allele is present, a two-pronged approach was used. First, we compared lengths of DNA fragments obtained from three PCRs conducted on them to the known...
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