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A point mutation in a cadherin gene, Cdh23, causes deafness in a novel mutant, Waltzer mouse niigata.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 27 Apr 2001
Wada T, Wakabayashi Y, Takahashi S, Ushiki T, Kikkawa Y, Yonekawa H, Kominami R
Abstract excerpt
A novel mouse model for human nonsyndromic hearing loss, Waltzer niigata (v(ngt)), is found and subjected to positional cloning analysis. Genome-wide scan of 1648 backcross mice maps v(ngt) to the D10Mit258 locus near Waltzer (v). Recombination breakpoints are positioned on a physical map consist...
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