A new spontaneous allele at the pink-eyed dilution (p) locus discovered in Mus musculus castaneus.

doi:10.1538/expanim.44.347

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A new spontaneous allele at the pink-eyed dilution (p) locus discovered in Mus musculus castaneus.

Experimental animals - 1 Oct 1995

Tsuji A, Wakayama T, Ishikawa A

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Mutant mice characterized by a cream coat and pink eyes were spontaneously discovered among the descendants of Indonesian wild mice (Mus musculus castaneus). This mutant phenotype was controlled by a single autosomal recessive gene that was allelic to the pink-eyed dilution (p) gene. The mutant m...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C3H
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Mutant Strains
Phenotype

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