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Platinum coat color locus in the deer mouse.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Dodson K M, Dawson W D, Van Ooteghem S O, Cushing B S, Haigh G R
Abstract excerpt
Platinum coat color in the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, is an autosomal recessive trait marking a locus, pt, distinct from silver (si), albino (c), blonde (bl), brown (b), and agouti (a). Platinum deer mice are conspicuously pale, with light ears and tail stripe. The pewter trait is allelic with and phenotypically identical to platinum, and represents an independent recurrence of this mutant. The rate of...
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