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tp Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    tp
  • Name
    taupe
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:98793
    NCBI Gene: 21978
  • Alliance
    gene page
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 7, Syntenic
  • Mapping Data
    2 experiments
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    9 phenotypes from 5 alleles in 5 genetic backgrounds
    8 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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Mutant mice have a gray coat color. Females have difficulty delivering live, healthy young and are unable to nurse.
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-15172
References
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  • Summaries
    All 10
    Phenotypes 8
  • Earliest
    J:251 Fielder JH, The taupe mouse. A new coat color mutation. J Hered. 1952;43(2):75-76
  • Latest
    J:29151 Swank RT, et al., Platelet storage pool deficiency associated with inherited abnormalities of the inner ear in the mouse pigment mutants muted and mocha. Blood. 1991 Oct 15;78(8):2036-44
Contributing Projects:
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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