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hb Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    hb
  • Name
    head bobber
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:107756
    NCBI Gene: 15120
  • 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
    1 experiment
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    10 phenotypes from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    4 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 mice exhibit head bobbing, hyperactivity and circling behavior. They are also deaf. Semicircular canals are absent from the inner ear and Reissner's membrane is collapsed.
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-36332
References
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  • Summaries
    All 7
    Phenotypes 4
  • Earliest
    J:30311 Steel KP, Inherited hearing defects in mice. Annu Rev Genet. 1995;29:675-701
  • Latest
    J:197180 Buniello A, et al., Headbobber: a combined morphogenetic and cochleosaccular mouse model to study 10qter deletions in human deafness. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56274
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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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