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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Foxg1em1Skyl
endonuclease-mediated mutation 1, Soo-Kyung Lee
MGI:8220248
Summary 2 genotypes
Jump to Allelic Composition Genetic Background Genotype ID
hm1
Foxg1em1Skyl/Foxg1em1Skyl C57BL/6J-Foxg1em1Skyl MGI:8220250
ht2
Foxg1em1Skyl/Foxg1+ C57BL/6J-Foxg1em1Skyl MGI:8220251


Genotype
MGI:8220250
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Foxg1em1Skyl/Foxg1em1Skyl
Genetic
Background
C57BL/6J-Foxg1em1Skyl
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Mouse lines carrying:
Foxg1em1Skyl mutation (0 available); any Foxg1 mutation (30 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• mice die soon after birth

craniofacial
• mice exhibit craniofacial defects
• short frontonasal process

nervous system
• mice exhibit a loss of forebrain tissue

vision/eye
• underdeveloped eye morphology




Genotype
MGI:8220251
ht2
Allelic
Composition
Foxg1em1Skyl/Foxg1+
Genetic
Background
C57BL/6J-Foxg1em1Skyl
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Mouse lines carrying:
Foxg1em1Skyl mutation (0 available); any Foxg1 mutation (30 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
behavior/neurological
• center time in the open field is decreased as mice age from P30 to P90, indicating increased anxiety
• mice show increased repetitive grooming at P30, P60, and P90
• mice show reduced hanging time in the wire hang test, which worsens as mice age
• mice exhibit extended behavior arrest (paused locomotion for longer than 3 min at one episode) during free exploration of the arena of the open field; 11% of mice at P30, 22% at P60, and 47% at P90 exhibit this extended behavior arrest
• during the episodes of pronounced stops, mice show a high degree of postural control, positioning their bodies facing the center of the arena, and no apparent overt movements, such as visual survey, rearing or digging
• in the open field test, mice move less at P60 and P90 and show a tendency for travel distance reduction over time at P30
• mice that do not present prolonged behavior arrests show decreased travel distance
• mice bury more marbles at P30 but fewer marbles at P60 and P90, indicating age-dependent changes in marble-burying behavior

nervous system
• OLIG2+ oligodendrocyte lineage cells, most of which represent oligodendrocyte precursor cells, are increased in the cortex
• during cortical neurogenesis, the production of deep-layer neurons is increased and the reduction of upper-layer neurons persists in the mature cortex
• PAX6+ radial glial cells are increased in the cortex at E16
• oligodendrocyte development process is disrupted
• the number of phosphor-histone H3+ proliferating cells in the ventricular zone, especially at the ventricular surface, is increased in the cortex
• DLX1+ GABAergic interneurons are decreased in the cortex
• adults exhibit smaller brains
• adults exhibit reduced brain weight despite no difference in body weight
• adults show longitudinally shortened corpus callosum
• a substantial fraction of callosal axons is stalled at the midline and forms the Probst bundle, leading to corpus callosum agenesis
• malformation of the dentate gyrus
• size of the hippocampus is reduced
• thinner cortex by E16
• mice show an increased number of aberrant L1+ axon bundles crossing the cortical plate toward the superficial area; these displaced L1+ axons express netrin G1 indicating they are derived from the thalamocortical neurons
• myelination is defective in the cortex, as shown by a decrease of MBP+ myelinated area and MBP immunostaining
• brains show a reduction of the arborization and complexity of myelination patterns indicating that microstructural organization of myelination is impaired

cellular
• OLIG2+ oligodendrocyte lineage cells, most of which represent oligodendrocyte precursor cells, are increased in the cortex
• during cortical neurogenesis, the production of deep-layer neurons is increased and the reduction of upper-layer neurons persists in the mature cortex
• PAX6+ radial glial cells are increased in the cortex at E16
• oligodendrocyte development process is disrupted





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last database update
03/18/2025
MGI 6.24
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