Article
An X-linked recessive mutation producing cleft palate, crooked tail, and polydactyly in mice.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Barra J
Abstract excerpt
Palate-tail-digits abnormality (ptd) is a new X-linked recessive mutation affecting the morphogenesis of the mouse. It maps proximal to Tabby. Hemizygous males and homozygous females exhibit skeletal malformations of the tail, polydactyly of the hind feet, and in about 60% of the cases a cleft pa...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Animals
- Bone and Bones
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cleft Palate
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Genes, Lethal
- Genes, Recessive
- Male
- Mice
- Mutation
- Phenotype