The mouse frizzy (fr) mutation arose on a genetically mixed background and was first described by G.D. Snell of The Jackson Laboratory in 1951. Mice carrying this recessive mutation have curly vibrissae which can be observed as early as one to two...
The mouse frizzy (fr) mutation is a Mendelian recessive trait that affects hair structure and formation in mice. The mutation arose in a mouse of mixed origin at the Jackson Lab (Bar Harbor, ME) in 1951. Frizzy is known to be linked to other genes...