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Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Tcm, a mutation affecting early eye development.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 May 2005
Wang Ken S, Zahn Lauren E, Favor Jack, Huang Kristen M, Stambolian Dwight
Abstract excerpt
Tcm (total cataract with microphthalmia) is an autosomal dominant mouse eye mutation. Heterozygous Tcm/+ mice are born with several eye malformations including microphthalmia, retinal and iris dysplasia, total lens cataract, and ventral coloboma. The Tcm mutation was previously mapped to a 26-Mb region on Chr 4 between D4Mit235 and D4Mit106. In this study, we characterize the Tcm/ Tcm homozygous mutant and find...
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