Gray mutant in the Mongolian gerbil.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110150

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Gray mutant in the Mongolian gerbil.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Leiper B D, Robinson R

Abstract excerpt

A new autosomal recessive mutant, gray (symbol g), is reported for the Mongolian gerbil. The pelage of mutant animals is devoid of phaeomelanin pigment while the eumelanin is scarcely affected. The normal sandy-gray agouti wild type becomes a light gray. The phenotypes that result from combining...

Topics

Albinism
Alleles
Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genes, Recessive
Gerbillinae
Male
Mutation

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