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Coat color genetics of Peromyscus: IV. Variable white, a new dominant mutation in the deer mouse.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Cowling K, Robbins R J, Haigh G R, Teed S K, Dawson W D
Abstract excerpt
The variable white mutation arose spontaneously in 1983 within a laboratory stock of wild-type deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). The original mutant animal was born to a wild-type pair that had previously produced several entirely wild-type litters. Other variable white animals were bred from the initial individual. Variable white deer mice exhibit extensive areas of white on the head, sides, and tail. Usually...
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