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The genetics of tasting in mice. I. Sucrose octaacetate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Ian E. Lush
Ian E. Lush
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics and Biometry, University College London, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE
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Thirty-one inbred strains were tested for their reaction to drinking water which contained a low concentration (10−4 M) of sucrose octaacetate (SOA). One strain, SWR, showed a strong aversion to drinking the SOA solution. The other thirty strains, and two samples of wild-derived mice, tended to prefer the SOA solution to untreated drinking water. The pheno-typic difference between SWR and the other strains was shown to be determined by an autosomal gene. The allele present in SWR is dominant. The gene is not closely linked to jerker (je), pearl (pe) or waved-2 (wa-2).

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Short Paper
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , August 1981 , pp. 93 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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