Wavy: a new recessive rexoid mutant in the Norway rat.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109504

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Wavy: a new recessive rexoid mutant in the Norway rat.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Greaves J H

Abstract excerpt

A new rexoid mutant is reported for the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, designated as wavy (symbol wv) and inherited as an autosomal recessive. Breeding data indicate that wavy is not linked with the known rexoid variant, rex (Re) or with genes in linkage groups I and IV. Additional data indicate...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Variation
Hair
Mutation
Phenotype
Rats

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