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Symbol
Name
ID
Otx2
orthodenticle homeobox 2
MGI:97451
Phenotype annotations related to vision/eye
*Aspects of the system are reported to show a normal phenotype.
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Microcornea
Cataract
Optic nerve hypoplasia
Retinal dystrophy
Anophthalmia
Microphthalmia
Coloboma
Disease(s) Associated with OTX2
syndromic microphthalmia 5

Mouse Phenotypes
vision/eye phenotype
absent orbitosphenoid bone
abnormal extraocular muscle morphology
decreased retina ganglion cell number
decreased retina photoreceptor cell number
decreased retina cone cell number
abnormal retina bipolar cell morphology
abnormal retina horizontal cell morphology
abnormal optic nerve morphology
abnormal retina pigment epithelium morphology
retina pigment epithelium hyperplasia
abnormal eye morphology
abnormal anterior eye segment morphology
abnormal iris morphology
aniridia
absent cornea
aphakia
abnormal eye development
absent optic vesicle
abnormal eye distance/ position
microphthalmia
abnormal eyelid morphology
abnormal retina morphology
abnormal retina layer morphology
thin retina inner nuclear layer
thin retina outer nuclear layer
abnormal sclera morphology
anophthalmia
abnormal cone electrophysiology
abnormal rod electrophysiology
decreased visual acuity
Availability Mouse Genotype
Otx2tm1Pas/Otx2tm1Pas
Otx2tm12.1Asim/Otx2tm12.1Asim *
Otx2tm1Sia/Otx2+
Otx2tm11Asim/Otx2+ *
Otx2tm12.1Asim/Otx2+ *
Otx2tm1.1Tlam/Otx2tm2(cre/ERT2)Tlam  (conditional)

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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
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory