Table of Contents:

1. Biology of Skin and Hair of Laboratory Mice and Human Beings: Introduction. Applications and Needs of Models for Dermatological Research

2. Inbred Laboratory Mice as Animal Models and Biomedical Tools: General Concepts

3. The Jackson Laboratory Mouse Mutant Resource

4. Hair Follicle Stem Cells

5. The Mouse Skin as a Model for Chemical Carcinogenesis

6. Viral-Induced Skin Tumors in Mice

7. Hair Types and Subtypes in the Laboratory Mouse

8. Growth Factors and Cutaneous Pathology

9. Transgenic Mice with Cytokine Mutations Affecting the Skin

10. Epidermal Keratins

11. Hair Follicle Keratins

12. Keratinocyte Cultures as Models for Dermatologic Disease

13. Mouse Mutations with Endocrine Functional Consequences

14. The Immune System in Cutaneous Disease: The Search for a Mouse Model of the Immunopathology of Psoriasis

15. Animal Models of Genetic Based Skin Diseases: Mouse Single Gene Mutations: Introduction

16. The Adrenocortical Dysplasia (acd) Mutation, Chromosome 8

17. The Angora (go) Mutation, Chromosome 5

18. The Asebia (ab, abJ) Mutations, Chromosome 19

19. The Atrichosis (at) Mutation, Chromosome 10

20. The Balding (bal) Mutation, Chromosome 18

21. The Bare-Patches (Bpa) Mutation, Chromosome X

22. The Bareskin (Bsk) Mutation, Chromosome 11

23. The Beige (bg) Mutation, Chromosome 13

24. The Caracul (Ca and Cad) Mutations, Chromosome 15

25. The Chronic Proliferative Dermatitis (cpd) Mutation, Chromosome ?

26. The Crinkled (cr) Mutation, Chromosome 13

27. The Curly-Whiskers (cw) Mutation, Chromosome 9

28. The Depilated (dep) Mutation, Chromosome 4

29. The Downless (dl) and Sleek (Dlslk) Mutations, Chromosome 10

30. The Ferrochelatase Deficiency (Fechm1Pas) Mutation, Chromosome 18

31. The Flaky Skin (fsn) Mutation, Chromosome ?

32. The Flaky Tail (ft) Mutation, Chromosome 3

33. The Frizzy (fr) Mutation, Chromosome 7

34. The Fuzzy Mutation (fz), Chromosome 1

35. The Greasy (Gs) Mutation, Chromosome X

36. The Hair Interior Defect (hid) Mutation, Chromosome ?

37. The Hairless (hr) and Rhino (hrrh) Mutations, Chromosome 14

38. The Hair Patches (Hpt) Mutation, Chromosome 4

39. The Hairy Ears (Eh) Mutation, Chromosome 15

40. The Harlequin (Hq) Mutation, Chromosome X

41. The Ichthyosis (ic) Mutation, Chromosome 1

42. The Lethal Milk (lm) Mutation, Chromosome 2

43. The Lustrous (lt) Mutation, Chromosome 11

44. The Matted (ma) Mutation, Chromosome 3

45. The Motheaten (me) and Viable Motheaten (mev) Mutations, Chromosome 6

46. The Mottled Locus: Mottled (Mo), Blotchy (Moblo), Brindled (Mobr), Dappled (Modp), Mosaic (Moms), Tortoiseshell (Moto), and Viable Brindled (Movbr) Mutations, Chromosome X

47. The Naked (N) Mutation, Chromosome 15

48. The Nude (nu) and Streaker (nustr) Mutations, Chromosome 11

49. The Ragged (Ra) and Opossum (Raop) Mutations, Chromosome 2

50. The Repeated Epilation (Er) Mutation, Chromosome 4

51. The Rex (Re), Wavy Coat (Rewc), and Denuded (Reden) Mutations, Chromosome 11

52. The Satin (sa) Mutation, Chromosome 13

53. The Scurfy (sf) Mutation, Chromosome X

54. The Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (scid) Mutation, Chromosome 16

55. The Shaven (Sha) Mutation, Chromosome 15

56. The Silver (si) Mutation, Chromosome 10

57. The Soft Coat (soc) Mutation, Chromosome 3

58. The Sparse-Coat (spc) Mutation, Chromosome 14

59. The Sparse-Fur (Otcspf) and Abnormal Skin and Hair (Otcash) Mutations, Chromosome X

60. The Tabby (Ta), Tabby-c (Tac), and Tabby-J (TaJ) Mutations, Chromosome X

61. The Tight-Skin (Tsk) Mutation, Chromosome 2

62. The Vitiligo (mivit) Mutant Allele of the Microphthalmia Locus, Chromosome 6

63. The Wellhaarig (we, weBkr) Mutations, Chromosome 2

64. Purported Polygenic Mouse Skin Diseases: Introduction

65. Chronic Ulcerative Dermatitis in Black Mice

66. Barbering Behavioral Abnormalities in Inbred Laboratory Mice

67. Alopecia Areata in Aging C3H/HeJ Mice

68. Nonmurine Animal Models of Genetic Based Skin Diseases: Introduction

69. Selected Heritable Skin Diseases of Domesticated Animals