Tail short variable: characterization of a new mouse mutant, and its possible analogy to certain human vascular disruption defects.

doi:10.1002/tera.1420480411

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Tail short variable: characterization of a new mouse mutant, and its possible analogy to certain human vascular disruption defects.

Teratology - 1 Oct 1993

Seller M J, Wallace M E

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A new mouse mutant, tail short variable (Tsv) produces a reduction deformity of the tail, growth retardation, and, in adults, a mild anemia. Genetic and embryological studies show that on all genetic backgrounds there is variable viability of Tsv/Tsv and Tsv/+ and phenotypic overlap within these...

Topics

Anemia
Animals
Animals, Wild
Blood Vessels
Chromosome Mapping
Congenital Abnormalities
Crosses, Genetic
Disease Models, Animal
Epistasis, Genetic
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genes, Lethal
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Variation
Growth Disorders
Humans
Male
Mice

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