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IN October 1952, during the classification of mice from a fused (Fu) stock, a mouse was observed with a gait closely resembling that of a rabbit. Since then, from two other matings in the same stock, four more animals behaving in a similar way have appeared. The five mice, the parents of which walk and run normally, seem to fall into two distinct classes: (a) those which can only move their hind legs simultaneously, and (b) those which move their hind legs simultaneously when running but independently when walking; in every case movement of the front legs is normal. Class (a) has a Fu/+ female and a Fu/+, T/+ (T – brachyury) male, and class (b) has two females and a male all Fu/+, T/+.
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MALLYON, S. ‘Rabbit-Gait’ in the House Mouse. Nature 172, 312 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/172312b0
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