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Muted, a new mutant affecting coat colour and otoliths of the mouse, and its position in linkage group XIV

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Mary F. Lyon
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Radiobiology Unit, Harwell, Berkshire
R. Meredith
Affiliation:
M.R.C. Radiobiology Unit, Harwell, Berkshire

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The autosomal recessive gene muted, mu, which arose spontaneously, dilutes coat and eye colour and causes absence of otoliths in some but not all homozygotes. Its locus is in linkage group XIV of the mouse, and the order of loci was shown to be bg–Xt–sa–mu–f–pe.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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