OMIA:000044-9644 : Anencephaly/Exencephaly in Ursus arctos (brown bear)

In other species: dog , domestic cat , greater Indian rhinoceros , taurine cattle , sheep , Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin

Categories: Nervous system phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 182940 (trait) , 206500 (trait) , 301410 (trait) , 619452 (trait)

Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: yes

Cross-species summary: Congenital absence of the cranial vault, with the cerebral hemispheres completely missing or reduced to small masses. This phene was originally called anencephaly, but a recent review suggested that the term anencephaly/exencephaly is more appropriate.

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2024). OMIA:000044-9644: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2022 Balseiro, A., Polledo, L., Tuñón, J., García Marín, J.F. :
Anencephaly and severe myelodysplasia in a stillborn brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos). Animals (Basel) 12:2345, 2022. Pubmed reference: 36139203. DOI: 10.3390/ani12182345.

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  • Created by Imke Tammen2 on 09 Jan 2024