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The tabby locus (Ta) in the mouse: its site of action in tail and body skin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Pamela R. Pennycuik  and
Kathryn A. Raphael
Pamela R. Pennycuik
Affiliation:
CSIRO, Division of Animal Production, P.O. Box 239, Blacktown, N.S.W., 2148, Australia
Kathryn A. Raphael
Affiliation:
CSIRO, Division of Animal Production, P.O. Box 239, Blacktown, N.S.W., 2148, Australia
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By means of grafting skin in which the epidermis of one genotype was combined with dermis of another to a nude host, we have shown that the effect of the mutant at the tabby (Ta) locus on follicle initiation in tail skin was not confined to either the epidermis or the dermis, that the effect of Ta on the morphology of body hairs was determined by the epidermis but that the close proximity of epidermis of a different genotype also affected body hair morphology.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 51 - 63
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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