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Linkage mapping around the ragged (Ra) and wasted (wst) loci on distal mouse chromosome 2.
Genomics - 1 Mar 1994
Abbott C, Malas S, Pilz A, Pate L, Ali R, Peters J
Abstract excerpt
Mice that are heterozygous for the ragged (Ra) mutation, which is semidominant, have ragged coats caused by an absence of certain hair types. Ra/Ra homozygous mice usually die soon after birth, are naked, and have edema. Mice that are homozygous for the recessive mutation wasted (wst) appear normal until soon after weaning, but then develop tremors and ataxia, undergo atrophy of the thymus and spleen, and die by...
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