Article
The Goodale white-spotted mice: a historical report.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Doolittle D P, Wilson S P, Hulbert L L, Kyle W H, Goodale H D
Abstract excerpt
After tracing the history of Dr. Goodale's selection study of white-spotted mice, it appears that the white spotting selected for was controlled by a complex of genetic factors. Spot occurrence was controlled by a single gene pair, causing small white areas on the forehead. The size of head spot was determined by a few modifier gene loci, among which some nonadditive gene action may have taken place. The B locus...
Topics
- Animals
- Genes, Recessive
- Genetics
- Hair Color
- History, 20th Century
- Massachusetts
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic