D-locus

Feeling blue mice

Written on 22 October 2014 by Zen Mousery.

In Australia, we have only 2 genes available to us on the d-locus — D (non-blue) and d (blue) — ‘d’ stands for a very generic “dilute”. Non-blue is dominant over blue, so to produce blue-based offspring, both parents need to either be or carry blue. Any mouse with a… Read more.