Cream, a new coat-color mutant in the musk shrew.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109891

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Cream, a new coat-color mutant in the musk shrew.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Iseki R, Namikawa T, Kondo K

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A coat-color mutant was found in the wild musk shrew (Suncus murinus, Insectivora). Five musk shrews with gray pelage, the common coat color of this species, were captured in the village of Tambum near Jakarta, Indonesia. Two males and two females were transported to Japan and mated. Matings betw...

Topics

Animals
Female
Hair Color
Male
Maternal Behavior
Mutation
Shrews
Skin Pigmentation

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