Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the formal genetics of mouse anemias and their
significance for an analysis of patterns of mammalian gene action. It also describes normal
hemopoietic development, homeostasis, and hemoglobin polymorphism. Anemias are
classified into five categories—(1) anemias of maturation arrest,(2) anemias involving
defects in iron utilization,(3) anemias involving greatly reduced erythrocyte life-span,(4)
hemoglobinopathies, and (5) anemias almost secondary to genetically induced defects …