Effect of day length on lethality in mink homozygous for the shadow gene
It is postulated that embryonic mortality in mink genetically determined by homozygosity for the shadow gene is controlled to a certain extent by the duration of daylight during the pregnancy of females. Artificial variation of daylight duration postpones the lethal effect of the homozygosity of the...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of heredity 1978-11, Vol.69 (6), p.366-368 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | It is postulated that embryonic mortality in mink genetically determined by homozygosity for the shadow gene is controlled to a certain extent by the duration of daylight during the pregnancy of females. Artificial variation of daylight duration postpones the lethal effect of the homozygosity of the shadow gene and modifies the segregation pattern of coat color. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-1503 1465-7333 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a108973 |