Rat Genetics

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Recently, I've noticed a lot of interesting threads on rat genetics here.

Here's two helpful links I thought I'd share:

http://www.ratbehavior.org/rats.html

• The section titled Rat Coat Biology is pretty interesting.

http://goto.glocalnet.net/rat/gen/agouti.htm

• Eva's Rat coat color genetics page

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For those of you interested in "nature vs. nuture" stuff, consider how the relatively new science of epigenetics tells us how "nuture" can influence "nature".

http://www.mcgill.ca/headway/fall2006/indepth1/

http://www.dukemednews.duke.edu/news...le.php?id=9322


http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-06/cover?page=1

• This last one is a pretty good one and starts off describing the yellow obese agouti syndrome in mice and how a mouse mother's diet can influence some of the traits expressed in her offspring.

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Here's another one......http://www.curiosityrats.com/genetics.html

This one is particularly interesting.