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cu Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    cu
  • Name
    clasper underweight
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:88567
  • Alliance
    gene page
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome Unknown
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    4 phenotypes from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    1 phenotype reference
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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The subtle external manifestations of this recessive mutation include reduced body weight, and a clasping response to being lifted by the tail. Males do not copulate; females rarely nurse their litters.
Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-2252
References
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  • Summaries
    All 1
    Phenotypes 1
  • Earliest
    J:13466 Gates AH, [cu]. Mouse News Lett. 1967;36:52
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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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