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Characterization of the chromosomal inversion associated with the Koa mutation in the mouse revealed the cause of skeletal abnormalities.
BMC genetics - 22 Sept 2009
Katayama Kentaro, Miyamoto Sayaka, Furuno Aki, Akiyama Kouyou, Takahashi Sakino, Suzuki Hiroetsu, Tsuji Takehito, Kunieda Tetsuo
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BACKGROUND: Koala (Koa) is a dominant mutation in mice causing bushy muzzle and pinna, and is associated with a chromosomal inversion on the distal half of chromosome 15. To identify the gene responsible for the Koa phenotypes, we investigated phenotypes of Koa homozygous mice and determined the breakpoints of the inversion with a genetic method using recombination between two different chromosomal inversions....
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