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Headbobber: a combined morphogenetic and cochleosaccular mouse model to study 10qter deletions in human deafness.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Buniello Annalisa, Hardisty-Hughes Rachel E, Pass Johanna C, Bober Eva, Smith Richard J, Steel Karen P
Abstract excerpt
The recessive mouse mutant headbobber (hb) displays the characteristic behavioural traits associated with vestibular defects including headbobbing, circling and deafness. This mutation was caused by the insertion of a transgene into distal chromosome 7 affecting expression of native genes. We show that the inner ear of hb/hb mutants lacks semicircular canals and cristae, and the saccule and utricle are fused...
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