This strain is segregating for Tg(Tyr)3412ARpw and homozygous for agouti (A) and albino (Tyrc). Mice of this strain that are carrying Tg(Tyr3412)ARpw are pigmented while those not carrying Tg(Tyr3412)ARpw are albino. On an albino background like this, the X-linked transgene Tg(Tyr)3412ARpw permits visual identification of sex as early as embryonic day 10.5 when eye pigment is discernible. Because Tg(Tyr)3412ARpw inserted into the X Chromosome, breeding a carrier male with a noncarrier (wild-type) female results in embryos in which all XX individuals develop coat and eye pigment, due to the Tg(Tyr)3412ARpw inherited from their father, while all XY individuals have a non-pigmented coat and eyes, having inherited a wild-type X Chromosome from their mother.

On an albino background like this, the X-linked transgene Tg(Tyr)3412ARpw permits visual identification of gender as early as embryonic day 10.5.

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