All Phenotypes Kit<Wps> MGI Mouse

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Phenotypes associated with this allele

Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID

Kit^Wps
wps
MGI:5523955

Summary

4 genotypes

Jump to	Allelic Composition	Genetic Background	Genotype ID
hm1	Kit^Wps/Kit^Wps	involves: C57BL/6J * CBA/CaJ	MGI:5523971
ht2	Kit^Wps/Kit⁺	involves: C57BL/6J * CBA/CaJ	MGI:5523968
ht3	Kit^Wads/Kit^Wps	involves: C57BL/6J * CBA/CaJ	MGI:5523969
cx4	Kit^Wps/Kit⁺ Pax3^Sp-1Wli/Pax3⁺	involves: C57BL/6J * CBA/CaJ	MGI:5523974

Allelic Composition	Kit^Wps/Kit^Wps
Genetic Background	involves: C57BL/6J * CBA/CaJ

Find Mice

Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Kit^Wps mutation (0 available); any Kit mutation (177 available)

♀	phenotype observed in females
♂	phenotype observed in males
N	normal phenotype

reproductive system

reduced female fertility ( J:196572 )

reduced male fertility ( J:196572 )

pigmentation

pigmentation phenotype ( J:196572 )

N	• eyes and ears remain black

absent coat pigmentation ( J:196572 )

• almost fully white skin and hairs

absent skin pigmentation ( J:196572 )

• almost fully white skin and hairs

integument

absent coat pigmentation ( J:196572 )

• almost fully white skin and hairs

absent skin pigmentation ( J:196572 )

• almost fully white skin and hairs

Mouse Models of Human Disease		DO ID	OMIM ID(s)	Ref(s)
piebaldism		DOID:3263	OMIM:172800	J:196572

Allelic Composition	Kit^Wps/Kit⁺
Genetic Background	involves: C57BL/6J * CBA/CaJ

Find Mice

Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Kit^Wps mutation (0 available); any Kit mutation (177 available)

♀	phenotype observed in females
♂	phenotype observed in males
N	normal phenotype

integument

belly spot ( J:196572 )

pigmentation

belly spot ( J:196572 )

Allelic Composition	Kit^Wads/Kit^Wps
Genetic Background	involves: C57BL/6J * CBA/CaJ

Find Mice

Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Kit^Wads mutation (0 available); any Kit mutation (177 available)
Kit^Wps mutation (0 available); any Kit mutation (177 available)

♀	phenotype observed in females
♂	phenotype observed in males
N	normal phenotype

integument

absent coat pigmentation ( J:196572 )

• fully white coat as in Kit^Wads homozygotes

pigmentation

absent coat pigmentation ( J:196572 )

• fully white coat as in Kit^Wads homozygotes

Allelic Composition	Kit^Wps/Kit⁺ Pax3^Sp-1Wli/Pax3⁺
Genetic Background	involves: C57BL/6J * CBA/CaJ

Find Mice

Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Kit^Wps mutation (0 available); any Kit mutation (177 available)
Pax3^Sp-1Wli mutation (0 available); any Pax3 mutation (51 available)

♀	phenotype observed in females
♂	phenotype observed in males
N	normal phenotype

pigmentation

white spotting ( J:196572 )

• extensive white spotting than in mice heterozygous for either allele with pigment loss throughout the belly and much of the back and occasionally the head

belly spot ( J:196572 )

integument

white spotting ( J:196572 )

• extensive white spotting than in mice heterozygous for either allele with pigment loss throughout the belly and much of the back and occasionally the head

belly spot ( J:196572 )

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