Juvenile ataxia--a new behavioral mutation in the deermouse.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109765

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Juvenile ataxia--a new behavioral mutation in the deermouse.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Van Ooteghem S A

Abstract excerpt

An autosomal recessive behavioral mutation designated juvenile ataxia (ja) was first isolated from F2 progeny of four blonde (bl) Peromyscus maniculatus bairdi siblings. Juvenile ataxic homozygotes exhibit an ataxic gait without an associated tremor from 15 days postpartum. This ataxia continues...

Topics

Animals
Ataxia
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genotype
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Male
Mice
Motor Activity
Mutation
Peromyscus

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