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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Krt71rco3
reduced coat 3
MGI:2679210
Summary 1 genotype
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hm1
Krt71rco3/Krt71rco3 C3HeB/FeJ-Krt71rco3 MGI:2679298


Genotype
MGI:2679298
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Krt71rco3/Krt71rco3
Genetic
Background
C3HeB/FeJ-Krt71rco3
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Mouse lines carrying:
Krt71rco3 mutation (0 available); any Krt71 mutation (43 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
integument
• hair reduced ventrally, sparse on hindlimbs and around genital area
• sparse coat on trunk, less so in facial region
• severe and progressive hair loss
• first body coat fully grown by day 16, curly
• alopecia apparent after second follicle generation
• dorsal alopecia is patchy
• bent and twisted
• uniform hair diameter and round cross section
• frequent kinks and twists of the cortex
• round rather than bean-shaped large shafted hair follicles flanked by two zig-zag hair follicles
• keratinization in Henle's layer of the inner root sheath either discontinuous or absent
• absence of normal intermediate filament bundles in Henle's and Huxley's layers of the inner root sheath
• curly vibrissae by day 9 after birth





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last database update
04/23/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory