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Fine structure mapping and deletion analysis of the murine piebald locus.
Genetics - 1 Jan 1994
Metallinos D L, Oppenheimer A J, Rinchik E M, Russell L B, Dietrich W, Tilghman S M
Abstract excerpt
piebald (s) is a recessive mutation that affects the development of two cell types of neural crest origin: the melanocytes, responsible for pigment synthesis in the skin, and enteric ganglia, which innervate the lower bowel. As a result, mice carrying piebald mutations exhibit white spotting in the coat and aganglionic megacolon. Previously the gene had been localized to the distal half of mouse chromosome 14. To...
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