First arch malformation: a new craniofacial mutant in the mouse.

Abstract excerpt

The first arch malformation arising in a BALB/c strain of mice, has been shown to be inherited as a single autosomal recessive gene and is given the provisional gene symbol far. Affected newborns have extensive bony defects of the face and skull, including a cleft secondary palate, and die within...

Topics

• Animals
• Bone and Bones
• Craniofacial Dysostosis
• Female
• Genes, Recessive
• Male
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Mutation
• Palate
• Phenotype