The interfrontal bone and mutant genes in the mouse

J Anat. 1976 Jul;121(Pt 3):507-13.

Abstract

The relationship between corrected skull width and the presence and size of an interfrontal bone is discussed with regard to the effect of certain mutant genes in the mouse known to affect the development of the neural tube. All genes reviewed which increase the incidence of the interfrontal bone and affect the neural tube also change the proportions of the adult skull.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cephalometry
  • Frontal Bone / anatomy & histology*
  • Genes*
  • Genetic Variation
  • Mice / anatomy & histology*
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mutation*