CXB5/ByJ-skp/GrsrJ

Stock number: 009156
Product name: skimpy
Research areas: Developmental Biology Research, Neurobiology Research, Reproductive Biology Research, Sensorineural Research

Description

This strain has been discontinued, please refer to Stock No. 022008

Skimpy homozygotes are smaller than their littermates, walk on their toes, have poor balance, and die by four weeks of age.

Detailed description

Skimpy homozygotes are smaller than their littermates, walk on their toes, have poor balance, and die by four weeks of age.

Development

The skimpy mutation arose spontaneously in the strain CXB5/ByJ at The Jackson Laboratory in 2001 when that recombinant inbred strain was at generation F107. This mutant subline has been maintained by sibling inbreeding progeny tested heterozygotes ever since.

Allele

Symbol: skp
Name: skimpy
MGI accession ID: MGI:4365786
Generation method: Spontaneous
Marker symbol: skp
Marker name: skimpy
Chromosome: 7
Strain of origin: Not Specified
Molecular note: This spontaneous mutation was identified at The Jackson Laboratory.