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wal Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    wal
  • Name
    waved alopecia
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:98942
    NCBI Gene: 22372
  • Alliance
    gene page
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 14, Syntenic
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    4 phenotypes from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    1 images
    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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Homozygous mutants have long waved fasciculated hair. After shedding the juvenile coat, thin short hair grows in, but by 2 months the body is hairless except for long waved hair on head and tail. Vibrissae are normal; dermal cysts are seen by 2-4 months.
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-15426
References
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  • Summaries
    All 3
    Phenotypes 2
  • Earliest
    J:100664 Baden HP, et al., Targeted deletion of the sciellin gene resulted in normal development and maturation. Genesis. 2005 Aug;42(4):219-28
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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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