#  How the mouse got its stripes 

 





November 03, 2016

 

 

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Evo-devo of stripe formation, work led by postdoc **Ricardo Mallarino,** featured in [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/how-the-mouse-got-its-stripes/506219/), [BBC News](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37828673), [Science](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/key-zebra-stripes-may-be-found-african-mouse), [Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/deciphering-the-genes-that-give-mammals-their-stripes-and-patterns-1.20909), [The Scientist](http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/47412/title/How-These-Rodents-Got-Their-Stripes/), [Science News](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gene-gives-mice-and-chipmunks-their-pinstripes?tgt=nr), [HHMI News](http://www.hhmi.org/news/how-african-striped-mouse-got-its-stripes), and [Harvard MCB News](https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/mcb/news/news-detail/3928/how-a-mammal-got-its-stripes-hoekstra-lab/).

*(photo credit J. F. Broekhuis)*



 

 

 



 

 

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