Strain Detail Sheet

Strain Name:
Wide-band Agouti
Stock Number:
037603-MU
Citation ID:
RRID:MMRRC_037603-MU
Other Names:
WBA, ANb/+
Major Collection:
Peromyscus Mice

Strain Information

Gene Details

Genetic Alterations
Spontaneous mutation
Genotype Determination

Strain Description

Phenotype
Wide-band agouti coat color is more yellow than the wild type of P.m. bairdii. The agouti bands of the individual hairs are lengthened relative to the total hair, and there is a corresponding reduction in the number of all-black guard hairs. The phenotype superficially resembles yellowing, which is a recessive trait, but usually can be distinguished by the greater number of dark guard hairs in wide band. The dorsal-ventral line of demarcation is not as distinct in wide band as in yellowing.
Strain Development
Source: The wide band allele has a high frequency in P.m. nebrascensis of the Nebraska sandhills, where the phenotype is typical of the subspecies. The wide-band variant was established from P.m. nebrascensis and maintained in laboratory stocks derived by repeated backcrossing to P.m. bairdii wild-type. Progeny, as expected, segregate 1:1. 
Suggested Control Mice
Wild-type littermates

MMRRC Genetic QC

MMRRC Genetic QC Summary
The MMRRC Centers have developed a genetic QC pipeline using MiniMUGA array genotyping to provide additional information on strain backgrounds for MMRRC congenic and inbred strains. For more information on when data may be available, or to request genotyping for a strain of interest, please contact mmrrc@missouri.edu. Older strains may not have this information.

Strain Origin

Donor
Michael Felder, The Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center, University of South Carolina.
Primary Reference

For more information, please see Wide-band Agouti on the Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center website.

Colony and Husbandry Information

Health Status Report

Colony Surveillance Program and Current Health Reports

For more information about this colony's health status contact mmrrc@missouri.edu

Appearance

Coat Color
Homozygous (ANb/ANb) and Heterozygous (ANb/+) (top): Coat color is more yellow than the wild-type (a+/a+) of P. maniculatus. bairdii (bottom).
Other

Breeding

MMRRC Breeding System
Not applicable; only cryopreserved sperm is available. The parent colony was sufficiently large to use a random breeding scheme
Breeding Scheme(s)
Not applicable; only cryopreserved sperm is available; mice cryorecovered (see below) can be bred Wild-type female x Wild-type male
Overall Breeding Performance
Peromyscus mice breed best in a 16:8 light / dark cycle.

Reproductive Statistics

Average litter size
4.5
Recommended wean age
25 days

Order Request Information

Availability Level

Male mice were obtained from the Peromyscus Genetic Stock Center as part of a long term project to develop cropreservation techniques for Peromyscus. Sperm have been cryopreserved and are available. However, cryorecovery techniques have yet to be developed.

Conditions of Distribution

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Fees

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