With the discovery of the X-linked gene product dystrophin, the mdx mouse came to be regarded as the only suitable mouse model of human muscular dystrophy. However, existence of an autosomal gene homologous with dystrophin, together with physiological evidence of membrane fragility, reestablishes autosomal mouse mutants (dy, dy2j) as valid models.
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