HHMI researchers find that a gene that blocks the differentiation of pigment-producing cells in the skin of the African striped mouse helps in generating the mouse’s characteristic light-colored ...

Unlike lab mice, both African mice and chipmunks are active during the ... In an attempt to understand not only why, but how striped rodents acquire these auspicious patterns, Hoekstra and colleagues ...

Researchers placed test chambers with a single entrance near a forest outside Warsaw, where they observed the social interactions between wild black-striped and yellow-necked mice. Over seven ...