Phenotype Image Detail

Image

Caption

Optic nerves (OpN) and trigeminal nerves (TrN) of postnatal day 20 wild type littermate (WT, top) and Ank2^tm1Bnt/Ank2^tm1Bnt (-/-, bottom) mice. Note the nearly complete loss of the optic nerve in the mutant mouse.

Copyright

This image is from Scotland P, J Cell Biol 1998 Nov 30;143(5):1305-15, and is displayed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. J:52124

Associated Alleles

Symbol	Name
Ank2^tm1Bnt	ankyrin 2, brain; targeted mutation 1, Vann Bennett

Associated Genotypes

Allelic Composition	Genetic Background
Ank2^tm1Bnt/Ank2^tm1Bnt	involves: 129X1/SvJ * C57BL/6