Hostname: page-component-84b7d79bbc-5lx2p Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-30T02:37:50.978Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The angora locus (go) in the mouse: hair morphology, duration of growth cycle and site of action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Pamela R. Pennycuik  and
Kathryn A. Raphael
Pamela R. Pennycuik
Affiliation:
CSIRO, Division of Animal Production, P.O. Box 239, Blacktown, N.S.W., 2148, Australia
Kathryn A. Raphael
Affiliation:
CSIRO, Division of Animal Production, P.O. Box 239, Blacktown, N.S.W., 2148, Australia

Summary

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

All four coat hair types were longer in mice homozygous for angora (go / go) than in wild-type mice ( + / +). This increase in hair length in mutant animals was due to an increase in the duration of the phase of hair growth (anagen VI). When skin recombinants incorporating mutant or wild-type epidermis and dermis were grafted to a nude host, the activity of the mutant was found to be confined to the epidermis.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , December 1984 , pp. 283 - 291
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

References

REFERENCES

Burns, M. & Fraser, M. N. (1966). Genetics of the Dog. The Basis of Successful Breeding 230 pp. Oliver & Boyd: Edinburgh, London.Google Scholar
Chase, H. B., Rauch, H. & Smith, V. (1951). Critical stages of hair development and pigmentation in the mouse. Physiological Zoology 24, 1–8.Google Scholar
Crary, D. D. & Sawin, P. B. (1953). Some factors influencing the growth potential of the skin in the domestic rabbit. Journal of Experimental Zoology 124, 31–62.Google Scholar
Dickie, M. N. (1963). New mutations: 1. Angora. Mouse News Letter 29, 39.Google Scholar
Fraser, A. S. (1953). A note on the growth of the rex and angora coats. Journal of Genetics 51, 237–242.Google Scholar
Fraser, A. S. & Nay, T. (1955). Growth of the mouse coat. IV. Comparison of naked and normal mice. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 8, 420–427.Google Scholar
Green, M. C. (Ed.) (1981) Genetic Variants and Strains of the Laboratory Mouse, 476 pp. Fischer: Stuttgart, New York.Google Scholar
Hale, P. A. & Ebling, F. J. (1975). The effects of epilation and hormones on the activity of rat hair follicles. Journal of Experimental Zoology 191, 49–62.Google Scholar
Kindred, B. (1967). Some observations on the skin and hair of tabby mice. Journal of Heredity 58, 197–199.Google Scholar
Lauvergne, J. J. & Howell, W. E. (1978). Un premier inventaire génétique de la chèvre Corse (gènes à effets visibles). Ethnozootechnie 22, 86–92.Google Scholar
Pennycuik, P. R. & Raphael, K. A. (1984). The tabby locus (Ta) in the mouse: its site of action in tail and body skin. Genetical Research 43, 51–64.Google Scholar
Raphael, K. A. & Pennycuik, P. R. (1980). The site of action of the naked locus (N) in the mouse as determined by dermal-epidermal recombinations. Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology 57, 143–153.Google Scholar
Robinson, R. (1977). Genetics for Cat Breeders, 2nd edition202 pp. Pergamon: Oxford, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Paris, Frankfurt.Google Scholar
Slee, J. (1957). The morphology and development of ‘Ragged’ a mutant affecting the skin and hair of the house mouse. 1. Adult morphology. Journal of Genetics 55, 100–121.CrossRefGoogle Scholar