Phenotypes associated with this allele
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Hag mutation
(4 available);
any
Hag mutation
(4 available)
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integument
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• patchy depilated areas apparent by 10 days of age
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• broken shafts are commonly seen
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Hag mutation
(4 available);
any
Hag mutation
(4 available)
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integument
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• partial penetrance
• curly hair is more obvious in young mice (less than 2 months of age)
• after 5 generations of inbreeding of homozygous mice the semi-dominant phenotype was lost and all heterozygotes had a wild-type hair phenotype
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Allelic Composition |
Hag/Hag+ Krt71Ca/Krt71+
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Genetic Background |
involves: C3H/HeN * C57BL/6ByJ |
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integument
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• some mice display hairy and bald patches while others display a uniform caracul phenotype
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• some mice display hairy and bald patches while others display a uniform caracul phenotype
• within the hairy patches the hair is also curly
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