
%0 Journal Article
%A Dun, RB 
%A Fraser, AS 
%T Selection for an Invariant·Character, Vibrissa Number, in the House Mouse
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1959/12/01
%V 12
%N 4
%P 506-523
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9590506
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9590506 
%X The number of secondary vibrissae in the mouse is normally 19. The tabby gene reduces this to about half and causes a marked variability of vibrissa number. Selection on tabby mice for increase and decrease in vibrissa number has been successful. These selection lines were maintained in segregation for + and Ta alleles, and this selection, practised solely on tabby mice, has resulted in both an increase and decrease in vibrissa number in normal mice. 
