OMIA:000941-9940 : Split upper eyelid defect in Ovis aries (sheep) |
Categories: Vision / eye phene
Links to MONDO diseases: No links.
Mendelian trait/disorder: unknown
Considered a defect: yes
Species-specific symbol: SUED
Species-specific description: Crosses among various rare breeds of sheep (mainly Jacob's Sheep and Hebridean) suggested that the presence of a split in the eyelid appears to be associated with the presence of 4 horns (Henson, 1981). See also polyceraty.
Genetic engineering:
Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing
Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2017). OMIA:000941-9940: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 2017 | Gascoigne, E., Williams, D.L., Reyher, K.K. : |
| Survey of prevalence and investigation of predictors and staining patterns of the split upper eyelid defect in Hebridean sheep. Vet Rec , 2017. Pubmed reference: 28780532. DOI: 10.1136/vr.104082. | |
| 1981 | Henson, E. : |
| A study of the congenital defect 'split eyelid' in the multihorned breeds of British sheep Ark 8:84-90, 1981. |
Edit History
- Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Sep 2005
- Changed by Frank Nicholas on 15 Aug 2017