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Caption Mice homozygous for the tubby mutation experience maturity-onset obisity. Tubtub/Tubtub mice are recognizable by inclreased body weight between 3 to 6 months of age. Homozygous mutant mice also exhibit retinal degeneration as well as progressive hearing loss.
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Associated
Alleles
Symbol Name
Tubtub TUB bipartite transcription factor; tubby
Associated
Genotypes
Allelic Composition Genetic Background
Tubtub/Tubtub B6(AU)-Tubtub/J
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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