Fox colors in relation to colors in mice and sheep.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110373

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Fox colors in relation to colors in mice and sheep.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Adalsteinsson S, Hersteinsson P, Gunnarsson E

Abstract excerpt

Color inheritance in foxes is explained in terms of homology between color loci in foxes, mice, and sheep. The hypothesis presented suggests that the loci A (agouti), B (black/chocolate brown pigment) and E (extension of eumelanin vs. phaeomelanin) all occur in foxes, both the red fox, Vulpes vul...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Foxes
Hair Color
Mice
Sheep
Species Specificity

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