Genetics of the fawn-hooded rat strain [Coat color and pattern, platelet storage pool deficiency]

The inheritance of coat color, hooded-coat pattern, and platelet storage pool deficiency of fawn-hooded rats was studied by crossing fawn-hooded rats with rats of other strains. It was determined that the tan coat color and the platelet storage pool deficiency were pleiotropic effects of the autosom...

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Published in:The Journal of heredity 1984-09, Vol.75 (5), p.349-352
Main Authors: Prieur, David J., Meyers, Kenneth
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The inheritance of coat color, hooded-coat pattern, and platelet storage pool deficiency of fawn-hooded rats was studied by crossing fawn-hooded rats with rats of other strains. It was determined that the tan coat color and the platelet storage pool deficiency were pleiotropic effects of the autosomal recessive red-eyed dilution (r) gene. The hooded-coat pattern was determined to be the effect of a different autosomal recessive gene. It also was demonstrated that the tan coat color of fawn-hooded rats is a dilution and that the shade of the tan coat color expressed varied with the underlying coat color genes.
ISSN:0022-1503
1465-7333
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a109954