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Coat color genetics of Peromyscus: III. Golden-nugget--a recessive trait in the white-footed mouse, P. leucopus.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Horner B E, Dawson W D
Abstract excerpt
A novel pelage color variant appeared in a laboratory colony of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) from Massachusetts. The mature adult coat color of this variant exhibits a rich golden tan appearance on the dorsum with white underparts. The trait is inherited as an autosomal recessive. Phenotypic comparisons with other rodents suggest that the trait is attributable to an allele at the brown (b) locus. Under...
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