Article
Survival of patchwork melanoblasts is dependent upon their number in the hair follicle at the end of embryogenesis.
Developmental biology - 15 Jun 1998
Aubin-Houzelstein G, Bernex F, Elbaz C, Panthier J J
Abstract excerpt
The recessive patchwork (pwk) mutation in mice is associated with a unique hair follicle phenotype. Mice homozygous for patchwork exhibit a variegated coat containing a mixture of white and fully pigmented hairs, but no partially pigmented hairs. We have investigated the etiology of this mutation...
Topics
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Cell Count
- Cell Survival
- Hair Color
- Hair Follicle
- Melanocytes
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mutation