Phenotypes associated with this allele
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Mouse lines carrying:
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc mutation
(2 available);
any
Cecr2 mutation
(90 available)
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nervous system
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• 63% penetrance of exencephaly
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Mouse lines carrying:
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc mutation
(2 available);
any
Cecr2 mutation
(90 available)
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nervous system
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• increased cranial neural tube width
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• 74% penetrance of exencephaly
(J:96325)
• penetrance is 74% at N6 and 69% at greater than N10
(J:177709)
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embryo
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• increased cranial neural tube width
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc mutation
(2 available);
any
Cecr2 mutation
(90 available)
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nervous system
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• exencephaly penetrance was 0% unlike in other genetic backgrounds
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• increased cranial neural tube width
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• at the 16 somite stage the neural tube is closed in only about half the embryos
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• penetrance is 1.6% at greater than N10
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hearing/vestibular/ear
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• no cochlear defects are detected
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embryo
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• increased cranial neural tube width
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• at the 16 somite stage the neural tube is closed in only about half the embryos
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc mutation
(2 available);
any
Cecr2 mutation
(90 available)
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mortality/aging
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• most homozygous mutants die perinatally, however 7.5% of homozgygotes are found at weaning and these are indistinguishable from wildtype
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vision/eye
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• some homozygous mutants lacked eyelids
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nervous system
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• neural tube defect exencephaly was observed at a frequency of 67% in homozygotes
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc mutation
(2 available);
any
Cecr2 mutation
(90 available)
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nervous system
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• 36% penetrance of exencephaly
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc mutation
(2 available);
any
Cecr2 mutation
(90 available)
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nervous system
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• exencephaly appeared only in one in 35 homozygous mutant embryos
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc mutation
(2 available);
any
Cecr2 mutation
(90 available)
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nervous system
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• at the 14 and 16 somite pair stage the percentage of mice with a closed neural tube is decreased compared to wild-type controls
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embryo
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• at the 14 and 16 somite pair stage the percentage of mice with a closed neural tube is decreased compared to wild-type controls
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Allelic Composition |
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc/Cecr2+
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Genetic Background |
involves: 129P2/OlaHsd * BALB/c |
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Find Mice |
Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Cecr2Gt(pGT1)1Hemc mutation
(2 available);
any
Cecr2 mutation
(90 available)
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nervous system
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• observed exencephaly at a low frequency of 3.5% in heterozygotes
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