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Localization of the bronx waltzer (bv) deafness gene to mouse chromosome 5.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Oct 1997
Bussoli T J, Kelly A, Steel K P
Abstract excerpt
The bronx waltzer (bv) mutation is an autosomal recessive mutation that is manifested as head tossing and circling in the mouse. The mutation affects the inner hair cells (IHCs) and pillar cells in the organ of Corti of the cochlea and the maculae and cristae of the vestibular part of the inner ear. IHCs begin to degenerate by a controlled mechanism of cell death as early as gestational day 17 (G17) in the basal...
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