The Domestication of the Rat
- 1 May 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 33 (5), 109-117
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.33.5.109
Abstract
Changes in the rat under domestication include accelerated growth leading to larger size, increased fertility, decreased savageness, and mutations in color or structure of the hair. 25 mutations which have occurred (and many of them recurred) are listed and linkage studies which show 4 linkage groups (involving 14 genes in all) are summarized.Keywords
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