Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (2)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Petrij, F.
Right arrow Articles by Brückmann, V.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Petrij, F.
Right arrow Articles by Brückmann, V.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

The Journal of Heredity 2001:92(1)
© 2001 The American Genetic Association 92:74-78

Brief Communication

A Second Acromelanistic Allelomorph at the Albino Locus of the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

F. Petrij, K. van Veen, M. Mettler, and V. Brückmann

Fred Petrij is affiliated with the Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University, Westzeedijk 112, 3016 AH Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

A new autosomal recessive coat color mutant in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) is described: chinchilla medium (symbol cchm). The mutant has typical acromelanistic features similar to those of several acromelanistic c locus mutants of other species of mammals. Previously a more severe form of acromelanism (chch) has been described in the Mongolian gerbil. The new allele shows to be allelic with this form. On a nonagouti background compound heterozygotes (aacchmch) show an intermediate phenotype that is very similar to that of the Siamese mouse (Mus musculus) and rat (Rattus norvegicus). Homozygotes (aacchmcchm) display a very dark acromelanistic phenotype reminiscent of that of the sable rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The gray phenotype (gg) in the Mongolian gerbil resembles the albino locus phenotype chinchilla (cchcch) in mice. We show that the new mutant is not allelic with gray. Fertility and viability of the new mutant are within normal range.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J HeredHome page
M. Razzoli, R. Papa, P. Valsecchi, and F. Nonnis Marzano
AFLP to Assess Genetic Variation in Laboratory Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)
J. Hered., November 1, 2003; 94(6): 507 - 511.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.