Strain-specific white-spotting patterns in laboratory mice

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 383-390

  Lamoreux, M Lynn ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belted; Ednrb receptor; Hirschsprung Syndrome; Kit; Patch; Piebaldism; Rumpwhite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0033257143     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1999.tb00522.x     Document Type: Article

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