ISSN:
1432-0568
Keywords:
Development
;
Genetics
;
Mouse
;
Vertebrae
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The recessive mutation, rachiterata, reduces the number of cervical vertebrae to 6 by shifting the cervico-thoracic boundary in a cranial direction, and produces partial duplication of the neural arch of the axis. Rachiterata also produces malformations of thoraco-lumbar vertebrae, often associated with fusions of ribs. These malformations are caused by a disturbed arrangement of somites first detectable in 11-day embryos.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00519127