Mouse coat color mutations: From fancy mice to functional …
WEBMay 11, 2006 · Mouse coat color mutations have a long history in biomedical research. The viable and visible phenotype of most coat color mutations has made the pigment cell, the melanocyte, an ideal system for genetic, molecular, and cellular analysis.
The Coat Colors of Mice by Willys K. Silvers - The Jackson …
WEBThe Coat Colors of Mice. A Model for Mammalian Gene Action and Interaction. Willys K. Silvers. Springer Verlag. 1979. Adapted for the Web by: Mouse Genome Informatics. The Jackson Laboratory. Bar Harbor, Maine.
JAX® Mice Coat Color Poster | The Jackson Laboratory
WEBJAX® Mice Coat Color. This single-sided poster provides a visual guide to the genes influencing coat color. A variety of strains are represented with colors ranging from albino, to black with everything in between—including agouti, dilute brown, chinchilla, etc. *.
MGI - The Coat Colors of Mice by Willys K. Silvers - The Jackson …
WEBThe coat of the mouse consists of two kinds of hairs, the overhairs and the underhairs. There are three types of overhairs (which together make up about 20% of the total number of hairs), the guard hairs (or monotrichs) and the awls, which have no constrictions, and the auchenes which have a single constriction.
User's Guide - The Jackson Laboratory
WEBThe purpose of this User's Guide is to assist you in using all of the features of the electronic version of The Coat Colors of Mice by Willys K. Silvers.
AFRMA Fancy Mice - Varieties
WEBThe following is a brief description of the mouse Varieties (coat types; mice do not come in breeds) as recognized by the American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association. See Fancy Mouse Genes: Coats & Misc. for genetics.
AFRMA Fancy Mouse Standards
WEBMay 3, 2023 · At present, mice are shown in eight Varieties, according to their coat type, namely: STANDARD - Short, sleek coat. SATIN - Short, sleek coat, with a lustrous sheen.
One gene, many mutations: Key that controls coat color in mice …
WEBMar 14, 2013 · Scientists have shown that changes in coat color in mice are the result not of a single mutation, but many separate mutations, all within a single gene.
The Color Loci of Mice – A Genetic Century - Wiley Online Library
WEBJul 15, 2003 · In the mouse, over 800 phenotypic alleles are now known, at 127 identified color loci. As the number of color loci passed 100 only recently, we celebrate this ‘century’ with an overview of these loci, especially the 59 that have been cloned and sequenced.
Harvard study captures clear picture of how evolution works in ...
WEBFeb 8, 2019 · A study in which mice were released into outdoor enclosures to track how light- and dark-colored specimens survived confirms that mice survive better in similarly colored habitats, providing insights into evolution.