Roth V L, Dawson W D
Department of Zoology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
J Hered. 1996 Sep-Oct;87(5):403-6. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023025.
California blonde is a coat color mutation in the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) discovered among descendants of wild-type animals collected on Santa Cruz Island, California. The phenotype is produced by the presence of brown, rather than black, eumelanin in the pelage and skin. Retinal pigmentation is also reduced. The condition is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. The California blonde gene is nonallelic with the brown (b), blonde (bln), and platinum (plt) mutant genes in this species. California blonde represents a newly detected genetic locus in the deer mouse. The symbol cfb is provisionally assigned for this genetic locus.
加利福尼亚金发突变体是在加利福尼亚州圣克鲁斯岛采集的野生型动物后代中发现的鹿鼠（白足鼠属）的一种毛色突变。该表型是由毛发和皮肤中存在棕色而非黑色的真黑素产生的。视网膜色素沉着也会减少。这种情况作为常染色体隐性性状遗传。加利福尼亚金发基因与该物种中的棕色（b）、金发（bln）和铂色（plt）突变基因非等位。加利福尼亚金发代表鹿鼠中一个新检测到的基因座。该基因座暂定为cfb。
