OMIA:000044-9940 : Anencephaly/Exencephaly in Ovis aries (sheep)

In other species: dog , brown bear , domestic cat , greater Indian rhinoceros , taurine cattle , 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. (2006). OMIA:000044-9940: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

1972 Dennis, S.M., Leipold, H.W. :
Anencephaly in sheep Cornell Veterinarian 62:273-281, 1972. Pubmed reference: 5023994.

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  • Created by Kao Castle on 20 Jan 2006