Abnormal bone production associated with mutant mouse genes pa and we.

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A syndrome including deficient linear, endochondral, and radial bone growth associated with severe cervico-thoracic lordosis, decreased intrathoracic volume, atelectasis, and early death has been noted in mice possessing the phenotypes of the recessive mutant genes pallid (pa) and wellhaarig (we) as the result of recombination of chromosome 2 between these genes. The syndrome is not seen in the parental strains,...

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