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Summary
Adrenalectomy is followed by a somewhat variable darkening of fur color in deermice. The effect is so extreme in some cases (about 20%) that the normally brown-backed, light gray to white-bellied animals take on the same general appearance as black laboratory mice. The darkening effect does not occur in the absence of the pituitary and is correlated with an elevated M-S activity in the plasma.
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