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Strain variation in spermatozoal β-glucuronidase in mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Robert P. Erickson
Robert P. Erickson
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, U.S.A.
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Variation in spermatozoal β-glucuronidase levels of inbred strains of mice was found to parallel the known variation usually studied in liver with one outstanding exception: BALB/cJ spermatozoa, but not other tissues, showed an anomalously low level. This difference in spermatozoal β-glucuronidase activity was studied in hybrids and backcrosses but the data did not establish the number of loci affecting the difference. The levels of β-glucuronidase in F1's between C3H/HeJ and A/J depended markedly on the sex direction of the cross.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , October 1976 , pp. 139 - 145
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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