reproductive system
• at E17.5, male homozygotes lack seminal vesicles
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• at E17.5, female homozygotes lack oviducts
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• at E17.5, female homozygotes lack uterine horns
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absent vagina
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• at E17.5, female homozygotes lack a vagina
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• at E17.5, male homozygotes lack efferent ducts of the testis
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• at E17.5, male homozygotes lack an epididymis
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• at E17.5, male homozygotes lack a vas deferens
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renal/urinary system
• mesenchyme of the nephrogenic cord fails to undergo epithelial transformation and is unable to form mesonephric tubules
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• metanephric induction fails as ureter buds are absent
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• metanephric development does not occur
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absent kidney
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• at E17.5, homozygotes invariably lack both kidneys
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absent ureter
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• at E17.5, homozygotes invariably lack both ureters
• both sexes lack the entire genital tracts
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• homozygotes fail to develop ureteric buds
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• at E17.5, male homozygotes lack seminal vesicles
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embryo
• homozygotes exhibit impaired differentiation of intermediate mesoderm-derived structures; as a result, kidneys, ureters, and genital tracts fail to form
• in contrast, endoderm-derived structures, such as the bladder, urethra and prostate gland appear normal
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• at E12.5, homozygotes fail to develop mesonephric tubules, indicating impaired epithelial transition into the nephrogenic cord
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• by E16.5, the parts of Mullerian ducts initially formed have degenerated and are contained within the remnant of urogenital ridges flanking the gonads
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• at E13.5, mutant Mullerian ducts are only present at the uppermost parts of the genital ridge, whereas wild-type ducts are found along the entire length of the genital ridge and have reached the cloaca
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• by E12.5, the parts of Wolffian ducts initially formed are degenerating (or absent) and contained within the remnant of urogenital ridges flanking the gonads
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• at E10.5, mutant Wolffian ducts fail to reach the cloaca
• at E11.5, mutant Wolffian ducts do not extend beyond somite 25
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• at E9.0, mutant cephalic folds fail to fuse at the midbrain region
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nervous system
• homozygotes show abnormal axonal pathways along the optic stalks and ventral diencephalon
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• at E9.0, mutant cephalic folds fail to fuse at the midbrain region
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• homozygotes show gross alteration in midbrain and anterior hindbrain morphology
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• optic tracts remain totally ipsilateral due to agenesis of the optic chiasma; no contralateral projections are observed
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• homozygotes display an abnormal basis of diencephalon, where no optic chiasma is observed
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exencephaly
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• at E11.5, homozygotes display exencephaly from the anterior hindbrain to the posterior forebrain
• the extesion of exencephaly is only slightly variable among individuals and is not genotype-dependent
• when present, exencephaly is of similar severity in homozygous and heterozygous mutant mice
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• at E17, the spiral ganglion is entirely absent
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• at E17, the optic nerve is abnormally coated by pigmented cells and glial cells are absent
• the mutant optic nerve consists of a single bundle of axons and is of reduced diameter, probably due to absence of cell bodies bewteen axons
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• mutant optic fibers project exclusively to the ipsilateral side without reaching the midline at the optic recess at the base of the diencephalon
• as a result, the insertion of the optic nerve occurs more laterally than in wild-type mice
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• agenesis of the optic chiasma
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• at E13.5, the cochlear root of the vestibulocochlear nerve is absent
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vision/eye
• at E17, the optic nerve is abnormally coated by pigmented cells and glial cells are absent
• the mutant optic nerve consists of a single bundle of axons and is of reduced diameter, probably due to absence of cell bodies bewteen axons
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• mutant optic fibers project exclusively to the ipsilateral side without reaching the midline at the optic recess at the base of the diencephalon
• as a result, the insertion of the optic nerve occurs more laterally than in wild-type mice
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• agenesis of the optic chiasma
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• at E17, pigmentation of the outer retina cells abnormally extends into the optic stalk region and thus surrounds the optic nerve
• Background Sensitivity: the extent of pigmentation into the optic stalk is background-dependent, ranging from 50% to practically all of the stalk extension up to the diencephalon
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• at E13, the converging neuroepithelial lips of the prospective retina seem to contact each other, but the basal lamina persists precluding the closure of optic fissure
• despite an open optic fissure, both retinal layers appear normal at birth with respect to cell type composition
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• optic stalk cells fail to differentiate into glial cells of the optic nerve
• the pigmented cell phenotype extends into the optic stalk region and surrounds the optic nerve
• Background Sensitivity: the extent of pigmentation into the optic stalk is background-dependent, ranging from 50% to practically all of the stalk extension up to the diencephalon
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• homozygotes fail to close the optic fissure and display complete bilateral coloboma at birth
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pigmentation
• at E17, pigmentation of the outer retina cells abnormally extends into the optic stalk region and thus surrounds the optic nerve
• Background Sensitivity: the extent of pigmentation into the optic stalk is background-dependent, ranging from 50% to practically all of the stalk extension up to the diencephalon
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hearing/vestibular/ear
• at E17, none of the cell types of the organ of Corti are identified
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• at E13.5, the cochlear duct fails to elongate from the ventral portion of the otic vesicle and remains amorphic
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• at E17, the cochlea is entirely agenic and remains as a ball-shaped simple epithelium
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• in contrast, vestibular and saccular structures develop rather normally
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• Background Sensitivity: the cochlear phenotype is more severe on a 129/Sv genetic background (cochlear agenesis) than on a mixed 129/Sv x C57BL/6 background (rudimentary cochlea)
(J:92326)
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cellular
• homozygotes show abnormal axonal pathways along the optic stalks and ventral diencephalon
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
renal coloboma syndrome | DOID:0090006 |
OMIM:120330 |
J:36834 |