Identification and genetic mapping of a new polycystic kidney disease on mouse chromosome 8.

doi:10.1006/geno.1996.4567

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Identification and genetic mapping of a new polycystic kidney disease on mouse chromosome 8.

Genomics - 15 Feb 1997

Janaswami P M, Birkenmeier E H, Cook S A, Rowe L B, Bronson R T, Davisson M T

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We report here a new mouse mutation, kat, that causes pleiotropic effects including facial dysmorphism, dwarfing, male sterility, anemia, and progressive polycystic kidney disease. kat (kidney anemia and testis) and a second allele, kat2J, that occurred on C57BL/ 6J were mapped to mouse chromosom...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Mice
Mice, Inbred C3H
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Phenotype
Polycystic Kidney Diseases

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