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Phenotypes associated with this allele
Allele Symbol
Allele Name
Allele ID
Dlk1tm1Hsul
targeted mutation 1, Hei Sook Sul
MGI:3640339
Summary 2 genotypes
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hm1
Dlk1tm1Hsul/Dlk1tm1Hsul either: (involves: 129 * BALB/c) or (involves: 129 * C57BL/6J) MGI:3641418
ht2
Dlk1tm1Hsul/Dlk1+ involves: 129 * C57BL/6J MGI:3641423


Genotype
MGI:3641418
hm1
Allelic
Composition
Dlk1tm1Hsul/Dlk1tm1Hsul
Genetic
Background
either: (involves: 129 * BALB/c) or (involves: 129 * C57BL/6J)
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Mouse lines carrying:
Dlk1tm1Hsul mutation (0 available); any Dlk1 mutation (34 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
mortality/aging
• approximately 50% of mutant were dead within 2 days of birth

reproductive system

growth/size/body
• growth retardation with moderately larger fat pad mass in mutant mice at 15 weeks of age
• smaller than wild-type at E18.5
• when fed a high fat diet

skeleton
• found in embryos and postnatal dead mice
• found in embryos and postnatal dead mice

vision/eye
• Background Sensitivity: seen only in BALB/cJ background but not in C57BL/6J background

adipose tissue
• when fed a high fat diet
• increased in white fat pad mass when fed a high fat diet

liver/biliary system
• when fed a high fat diet
• when fed a high fat diet

homeostasis/metabolism
• when fed a high fat diet
• increased serum triglyceride and free fatty acid levels in the fed state when fed a high fat diet




Genotype
MGI:3641423
ht2
Allelic
Composition
Dlk1tm1Hsul/Dlk1+
Genetic
Background
involves: 129 * C57BL/6J
Find Mice Using the International Mouse Strain Resource (IMSR)
Mouse lines carrying:
Dlk1tm1Hsul mutation (0 available); any Dlk1 mutation (34 available)
phenotype observed in females
phenotype observed in males
N normal phenotype
growth/size/body
• growth retardation with moderately larger fat pad mass in paternally inherited mutant heterozygous mice at 21 and 56 days of age

adipose tissue
• increased in white fat pad mass in paternally inherited mutant heterozygous mice when fed a high fat diet

cellular
• Dlk1 is expressed only from the paternal allele





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last database update
10/29/2024
MGI 6.24
The Jackson Laboratory