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Caption Pictured left to right: A/a and Ay/- and ae/ae. Agouti (A) mice are yellowish gray, slightly lighter on the belly than on the back. a (nonagouti) is recessive to A. In Ay heterozygotes, all the hair pigment is yellow, but eyes are black. Homozygotes for ae are very dark all over with no yellow hairs in the ears or around the nipples and perineum.
Copyright This image was contributed for Mouse Genome Database use. J:98862
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Alleles
Symbol Name
ae nonagouti; extreme nonagouti
Ay nonagouti; agouti yellow

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last database update
11/19/2024
MGI 6.24
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