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A recessive mutation causing imperforate vagina in mice.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Eisen E J, Hauser M E, Pomp D, Anderson S G, Newbold R R, McCormick G Y
Abstract excerpt
A recessive mutation (ipv) causing imperforate vagina was discovered in a line of mice selected for low lean tissue mass as a proportion of body weight. Two full sisters were found to have marked swelling of the perineum and complete closure of the vagina. Crosses of heterozygotes identified by progeny testing produced a female progeny ratio not different from the 3 normal: 1 affected (chi 2 = 0.695; p less than...
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