Phenotypes Associated with This Genotype

Genotype
MGI:5882323

ht2

• Allelic Composition: Ept/Ept⁺
• Genetic Background: C57BL/6J-Ept/KjnJ

• ♀: phenotype observed in females
• ♂: phenotype observed in males
• N: normal phenotype

behavior/neurological

impaired swimming ( J:239807 )

• heterozygotes have difficulty orienting in water and when at the surface they swim in circles

circling ( J:239807 )

• heterozygotes display a moderate circling phenotype indicative of a vestibular defect

hearing/vestibular/ear

hearing/vestibular/ear phenotype ( J:239807 )

N • despite the vestibular defect no hearing impairment was found by ABR at 1, 2, or 3 months of age