Glucose-6-phosphatase deficiency caused by radiation-induced alleles at the albino locus in the mouse.

Abstract
Four radiation-induced alleles at the albino locus of the mouse produce, in homozygotes, in addition to absence of pigmentation, abnormalities of thymus and kidneys and deficiency of glucose-6-phosphatase. The resulting hypogly-cemia accounts for death of newborn mice within a few hr. after birth. The mutations are chromosomal deficiencies including a genetic region which controls enzymes involved in melanin formation and in glycogen metabolism.