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A SPONTANEOUS mutation has appeared in the thirty-first generation of a sib-mated control line in a radiation genetics programme being carried out at this laboratory. This mutation affects the hair coat and produces a hairless condition (Fig. 1) which appears intermittently in mutant mice. This communication provides a brief account of the mutation.
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SPALDING, J., BROOKS, M. Spontaneous Hereditary Mutation for a Recurrent Hairless Condition in Mice. Nature 214, 1264–1265 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141264a0
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