Genetic variation in plasma prealbumin of the house mouse.

Rate of electrophoretic migration of prealbumin-2 of mouse blood plasma was found to be controlled by three autosomal codominant alleles. Presence and absence of a component next to albumin (prealbumin-4) was shown to be controlled by autosomal dominant and recessive alleles, respectively, and to be affected by sex. Evidence was presented for close linkage of the Pre-2 and Pre-4 loci, and for the control of albumin conformation by a separate locus.