Faculty Research 1970 - 1979
Development of Dickie's small eye, a mutation in the house mouse.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1978
Keywords
Animal, Cataract: fg, Coloboma: fg, Heterozygote, Homozygote, Mice, Mice-Mutant-Strains, Retina: ab, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S
First Page
81
Last Page
86
JAX Source
Anat-Embryol-(Berl). 1978 Dec 5; 155(1):81-6.
Abstract
A new semidominant mutation in the laboratory mouse, Dickie's small eye (Dey), is described. It is localized on chromosome 2. Heterozygotes show reduced body size, small eyes with coloboma, small or lacking lens with cataract, abnormal folding of the retina and reduction of the pigment layer. The anterior chamber is usually missing. Homozygotes apparently die early in
Recommended Citation
Theiler K,
Varnum DS,
Stevens LC.
Development of Dickie's small eye, a mutation in the house mouse. Anat-Embryol-(Berl). 1978 Dec 5; 155(1):81-6.