What Causes Different Coat Colors in Mice?

Explore how genes determine different coat colors in mice in this infographic.

Topics

  • adaptation
  • allele
  • amino acid sequence
  • arginine
  • beach mouse
  • coat color
  • cysteine
  • dark coat
  • DNA sequence
  • eumelanin
  • gene
  • genotype
  • homozygous
  • light coat
  • mainland mouse
  • mc1r
  • melanin
  • melanocyte
  • mice
  • mouse
  • oldfield mouse
  • Peromyscus polionotus
  • pheomelanin
  • phenotype
  • pigment
  • single nucleotide change
  • transcription
  • translation