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swm2 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    swm2
  • Name
    sperm without mobility 2
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:3050640
  • 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
    14 phenotypes from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    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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Male homozygotes are infertile due to oligoasthenoteratozoospermia but apparently normal in other respects. Mutant sperm show variable anomalies, including a short and discontinuous midpiece, taillessness or a partial separation of the neck and head regions, and fail to fertilize oocytes in vitro.
References
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  • Summaries
    All 2
    Phenotypes 2
  • Earliest
    J:86161 Ward JO, et al., Toward the genetics of mammalian reproduction: induction and mapping of gametogenesis mutants in mice. Biol Reprod. 2003 Nov;69(5):1615-25
  • Latest
    J:117563 Lessard C, et al., Mutagenesis-generated mouse models of human infertility with abnormal sperm. Hum Reprod. 2007 Jan;22(1):159-66
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