The use of compound heterozygotes and Hprt selection to analyze X-linked mottled alleles associated with prenatal lethality

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 486-489

  Masson, W ^a   Holt, S ^a   Reed, V ^a   Boyd, Y ^a  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL FUSION; CRICETULUS; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HYBRID CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030191494     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900148     Document Type: Article

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