Article
Developmental basis of severe neural tube defects in the loop-tail (Lp) mutant mouse: use of microsatellite DNA markers to identify embryonic genotype.
Developmental biology - 1 Sept 1994
Copp A J, Checiu I, Henson J N
Abstract excerpt
Mouse embryos homozygous for the mutation loop-tail (Lp) develop lethal defects in which the neural tube remains open from the hindbrain to the caudal extremity, a condition that closely resembles the human malformation craniorachischisis. Heterozygotes develop tail defects and occasional spina bifida, but are generally viable. In order to study the early development of these defects, it is necessary to determine...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA, Satellite
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mutation
- Neural Tube Defects
