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PICTURES OF MICE

3 Pictures of Mice illustrating the phenotype of different alleles of the Dct locus

 

Dct mutant allele (Slaty mouse) versus C57BL/6

 

Dct mutant mice (Slaty) (right) versus C57BL/6 (left)

Dctslt / Dctslt

 

Genetic background:

a/a; Tyrp1+/Tyrp1+

 

Picture: Friedrich Beermann

 

 

Dct mutant allele (Slaty mouse) versus C57BL/6

 

Dct mutant mice (Slaty) (front) versus C57BL/6 (back)

Dctslt / Dctslt

 

Genetic background:

a/a; Tyrp1+/Tyrp1+

 

Picture: Friedrich Beermann

 

 

Dct mutant allele (KO/Knock-in) versus heterozygous

 

Dct mutant mice (KO/Knock-in) (right) versus

Dct heterozygous mice (left)

Dcttm1CreBee / Dcttm1CreBee  (right)

Dcttm1CreBee / Dct+  (left)

 

Mouse mutant described in:

Guyonneau et al. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2004) 24: 3396-403

 

Genetic background:

a/a; Tyrp1+/Tyrp1+

 

Picture: Friedrich Beermann

 

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