[Effect of a single-locus mutation of the silver-blue color allele in mink on the dopaminergic system of the brain].

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[Effect of a single-locus mutation of the silver-blue color allele in mink on the dopaminergic system of the brain].

Genetika - 1 Mar 1996

Popova N K, Nikulina E M, Voĭtenko N N, Avgustinovich D F, Trapezov O V

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The peculiarities of dopamine metabolism and dopamine receptors in the brain of homozygous silver-blue (pp) minks were examined in comparison with wild-type (PP) minks. A pp mutation was found to affect the dopamine turnover in corpus striatum, which is one of the major dopaminergic brain structu...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Brain
Chromosome Mapping
Dopamine
Hair Color
Homozygote
Mink
Monoamine Oxidase
Mutation
Receptors, Dopamine

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