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Data are given on eleven uncommon variants found in the A and C57BL strains of mice, frequencies being summarized in Table 3. Nine of these variants are peculiar to one strain. While the tendency of a strain to produce a given anomaly is presumably under some sort of genetic control, the manifestation of these rare variants is mainly due to non-genetic factors.
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Searle, A.G. Genetical studies on the skeleton of the mouse. Journ. of Genetics 52, 103–110 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981492
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