A recessive mutation causing imperforate vagina in mice.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110904

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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 p...

Topics

Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genes, Recessive
Male
Mice
Mice, Mutant Strains
Phenotype
Random Allocation
Vaginal Diseases

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