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A cross between two strains of mice with different numbers of tailrings which had previously been analyzed as representing mainly a difference in one gene now has been analyzed further with the result that the cross appears to be one between strains differing in at least two genes, one lying in an autosome and the other one in the sex chromosome. Proof for this is the fact that in F1 there is a difference in the number of tailrings between the reciprocal males, but not between the reciprocal females. The same phenomenon is also reported as observed in another cross of two strains not related to the first pair. The preponderance of males in the recessive group of F2 is another indication of the influence of the sex chromosome on the number of tailrings.
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Fortuyn, A.B.D. The influence of the sex chromosome on the number of tailrings in mus musculus. Genetica 17, 291–298 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01985015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01985015