Article
Genetic and physical maps of the stargazer locus on mouse chromosome 15.
Genomics - 1 Jul 1997
Letts V A, Valenzuela A, Kirley J P, Sweet H O, Davisson M T, Frankel W N
Abstract excerpt
The stargazer mouse mutation causes absence seizures that are more prolonged and frequent than any other petit mal mouse model. Stargazer mice also have an ataxic gait and vestibular problems, including a distinctive head-tossing motion. From the genotyping of a large intersubspecific cross, a pa...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast
- Cloning, Molecular
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Primers
- Disease Models, Animal
- Epilepsy, Absence
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred A
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Neurologic Mutants