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Hypervariable yellow (Ahvy), a new murine agouti mutation: Ahvy displays the largest variation in coat color phenotypes of all known agouti alleles.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Siracusa L D, Washburn L L, Swing D A, Argeson A C, Jenkins N A, Copeland N G
Abstract excerpt
A new coat color mutation, which occurred spontaneously in the C3H/HeJ strain, has been identified. The original C3H/HeJ male mouse carrying the mutation was unusual because its coat color appeared mostly yellow, in contrast to the wild-type agouti coat normally exhibited by mice of the C3H/HeJ strain. Genetic crosses showed that the mutant phenotype was inherited as a single autosomal dominant gene. The mutation...
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