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Genetic mapping near the myd locus on mouse chromosome 8.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Apr 1995
Mills K A, Mathews K D, Scherpbier-Heddema T, Schelper R L, Schmalzel R, Bailey H L, Nadeau J H, Buetow K H, Murray J C
Abstract excerpt
Myodystrophy (myd), an autosomal recessive mutation of the mouse characterized by progressive weakness and dystrophic muscle histology, maps to the central portion of Chromosome (Chr) 8 (Lane et al. J. Hered 67, 135, 1976). This portion of Chr 8 contains the genes for a mitochondrial uncoupling protein (Ucp) and kallikrein (Kal3), which map to distal 4q in the human, providing evidence for a segment of homology....
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