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pwk Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    pwk
  • Name
    patchwork
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:1351336
    NCBI Gene: 111176
  • Alliance
    gene page
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 10, Syntenic
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    1 phenotype from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    2 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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This locus controls pigment formation. Inviability of melanocytes in some hairs results in variegation of white and fully pigmented hair.
Sequences &
Gene Models
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References
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  • Summaries
    All 3
    Phenotypes 2
  • Earliest
    J:48520 Aubin-Houzelstein G, et al., Survival of patchwork melanoblasts is dependent upon their number in the hair follicle at the end of embryogenesis. Dev Biol. 1998 Jun 15;198(2):266-76
  • Latest
    J:58057 Aubin-Houzelstein G, et al., The patchwork mouse phenotype: implication for melanocyte replacement in the hair follicle. Pigment Cell Res. 1999 Jun;12(3):181-6
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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