The homozygous young of the dominant white mouse ordinarily live throughout the whole period of gestation and not infrequently for several days after birth. No evidence is found that their prenatal death-rate is greater than that of the normal individuals of the same litter. They are characterized, at least from the sixteenth day of gestation, by a special form of anemia which is the real cause of death.
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S. B. D. Aberle (1925) studied this question.