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The gonadotropin-releasing hormone system does not develop in Small-Eye (Sey) mouse phenotype.
Brain research. Developmental brain research - 15 May 1998
Dellovade T L, Pfaff D W, Schwanzel-Fukuda M
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This study examined the development of the gonadotropin releasing-hormone (GnRH) system in a spontaneous mouse mutation, Small-Eye (Sey). This phenotype is due to a point mutation in the developmental control gene Pax-6 and results in failed development of the eye and olfactory placodes in homozygous (Sey/Sey) embryos and a variety of eye abnormalities in heterozygotes (Sey/+). Therefore, Sey/Sey embryos provided...
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