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Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype
Genotype
MGI:3513138
Allelic
Composition
MitfMi/Mitf+
Genetic
Background
Not Specified
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Mouse lines carrying:
MitfMi mutation (3 available); any Mitf mutation (74 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
pigmentation
• slight dilution of the fur in the young returns to normal in the adult
• some, but not all, heterozygotes have a small spot on the head between the eyes and ears or spots on the belly or tail (J:125080)
• white regions on tail (J:30758)
• less iris pigment than normal
• iris pigmentation is reduced

vision/eye
• less iris pigment than normal
• iris pigmentation is reduced

hearing/vestibular/ear
• no section of the cochlear duct was ever found to be normal
• abnormal in its entirety
• the majority of ears show dedifferentiation and cellular migrations in the cochlear duct and the saccule

nervous system

integument
• slight dilution of the fur in the young returns to normal in the adult
• some, but not all, heterozygotes have a small spot on the head between the eyes and ears or spots on the belly or tail (J:125080)
• white regions on tail (J:30758)


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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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last database update
01/28/2026
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory