OMIA:000299-439323 : Dwarfism, generic in Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis (Angolan giraffe) |
In other species: white-tufted-ear marmoset , dog , domestic cat , Asiatic elephant , horse , pig , red deer , Northern giraffe , taurine cattle , indicine cattle (zebu) , goat , sheep , rabbit , callipterus cichlid
Categories: Skeleton phene (incl. short stature & teeth) , Growth / size / body region phene
Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown
Disease-related: yes
History: Brown and Wells (2020) reported two "giraffe[s that] exhibited extremely shortened radius and metacarpal bones relative to other similarly aged giraffe", one in each of "two geographically distinct taxa: a Nubian giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda and an Angolan giraffe (Giraffa giraffa angolensis) on a private farm in central Namibia."
Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2021). OMIA:000299-439323: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
Reference
2020 | Brown, M.B., Wells, E. : |
Skeletal dysplasia-like syndromes in wild giraffe. BMC Res Notes 13:569, 2020. Pubmed reference: 33380342. DOI: 10.1186/s13104-020-05403-9. |
Edit History
- Created by Frank Nicholas on 08 Jan 2021
- Changed by Frank Nicholas on 08 Jan 2021