Megencephaly: A new mouse mutation on Chromosome 6 that causes hypertrophy of the brain

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 871-876

  Donahue, L Rae ^a   Cook, S A ^a   Johnson, K R ^a   Bronson, R T ^a,b   Davisson, M T ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RECESSIVE GENE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; GENES, RECESSIVE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030330766     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900259     Document Type: Article

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