The Coat Colors of Mice

1: Introduction. - I. The Coat of the Mouse and Its Development. - 2: The Agouti and Extension Series of Alleles Umbrous and Sable. - I. The Agouti Locus. - II. The Extension Series of Alleles. - III. Umbrous and Sable Determinants. - 3: The ft-Locus and c (Albino) Series of Alleles. - I. The b-Locus. - II. The c (Albino) Series of Alleles. - 4: Dilute and Leaden the p-Locus Ruby-Eye and Ruby-Eye-2. - I. Dilute (d) and Leaden (In). - II. The p-Locus (Pink-Eyed Dilution). - III. Ruby-Eye (ru). - IV. Ruby-Eye-2 (ru-2). - 5: Grey-Lethal Grizzled Mocha Pallid Muted Misty and Pearl. - I. Grey-Lethal (gl). - II. Grizzled (gr). - III. Mocha (mh). - IV. Pallid (pa). - V. Muted (mu). - VI. Misty (m). - VII. Pearl (pe). - 6: Beige Silver Greying with Age and Other Determinants. - I. Beige (bg). - II. Silver (si). - III. Greying with Age (Ga). - IV. Other Determinants. - 7: The Pigment Patterns of Allophenic Mice and Their Significance. - I. The Standard Pattern. - II. Modified Patterns. - III. Inception of Gene Activity. - IV. Expression of Albinism and Occurrence of Bicolored Hairs. - V. Hair Follicle Clones. - VI. Expression of Allophenic Patterns in Single Genotype Mice. - VII. Allophenic Patterns and the Etiology of White Spotting. - 8: X-Linked Determinants. - I. X-Chromosome Inactivation and the Allophenic Model. - II. The Mottled Locus. - III. Yellow Mottling (Ym) and Pewter (Pew). - 9: White Spotting: Piebald Lethal Spotting and Belted. - I. Introduction. - II. Piebald Alleles. - III. Lethal Spotting (Is). - IV. Belted. - 10: Dominant Spotting Patch and Rump-White. - I. Dominant Spotting (W-Locus). - II. Patch (Ph) and Rump-White (Rw). - 11: Steel Flexed-Tailed Splotch and Varitint-Waddler. - I. Steel (SI). - II. Flexed-Tailed (f). - III. Splotch (Sp) and Delayed Splotch (Spd). - IV. Varitint-Waddler (Va) and Varitint-Waddler-J (Vaj). - 12: Microphthalmia and Other Considerations. - I. Microphthalmia Locus. - II. Other Determinants Associated with White Spotting. - III. Influence of Some Coat-Color Determinants on White Spotting. - IV. Mutation Rates. - References. - Author Index. Language: English