
TY  - JOUR
A1  - M Kemper, Catherine 
A1  - H Schmitt, Lincoln 
T1  - Inheritance of Tail Colour and White-spotting in Conilurus penicillatus (Muridae)
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1988
VL  - 41
IS  - 4
SP  - 489
EP  - 494
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9880489 
N2  - In the wild, Coni/urus penicillatus has two tail colour morphs, one entirely black and the other with a white distal brush of variable length. These colour morphs have been used in the past for taxonomic purposes. A small proportion (4'6%) of laboratory-reared animals have a white interstitial section. Pedigree data were collected from a laboratory colony (n = 173) established using seven wild-caught animals from the north Kimberley region, Western Australia. The hypothesis tested was that black tail is inherited as a Mendelian character recessive to white tip. Matings between black-tailed individuals always gave black offspring. Crosses between other colour morphs also supported this hypothesis. 
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