Article
Genetic analysis of the cause of gastroschisis in the HLG mouse strain.
Mutation research - 11 Nov 1996
Hillebrandt S, Streffer C, Müller W U
Abstract excerpt
An inbred mouse strain HLG shows a high incidence of gastroschisis after X-ray exposure to the zygotes. About 11% of the fetuses display this malformation after irradiation with 1 Gy. The C57BL-strain does not show the increased frequency of gastroschisis after radiation-exposure to the zygotes....
Topics
- Abdominal Muscles
- Abnormalities, Radiation-Induced
- Animals
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Fetal Death
- Fetus
- Hernia
- Homozygote
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains