#  Harvard team discovers the gene that governs color patterns in deer mice 

 





February 01, 2011

 

 

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**Hopi Hoekstra, Marie Manceau, Vera Domingues,** and **Ricardo Mallarino** track the gene agouti, believed to establish color pattern in vertebrates, in the February issue of Science. Read more about their research in [The *Harvard Gazette*](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/02/mice-story/).

 

 

 



 

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