Article
Golden: a novel coat color mutant in the wild mouse Mus caroli.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Grant S G, Swiatek D A, Benz R A, Stephenson D A
Abstract excerpt
We identified a spontaneous pigmentation mutant in the wild mouse species Mus caroli. Mutant mice exhibit a golden coat color on the agouti background, easily distinguishable from the darker wild type. The golden phenotype segregates as an autosomal recessive, showing no linkage to the sex-linked...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Breeding
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
- Hair Color
- Male
- Melanocytes
- Mice
- Mutation
- Pigmentation