OMIA:002920-9986 : Precocious puberty, MKRN3-related in Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit)

Categories: Reproductive system phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 615346 (trait) , 603856 (gene)

Links to relevant human diseases in MONDO:

Single-gene trait/disorder: yes

Disease-related: yes

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2025

Species-specific description: Chen et al. (2025) developped a MKRN3-modified rabbit using CRISPR gene editing technology (GMO) as a model for central precocious puberty (CPP) in children.

Genetic engineering: Yes - variants have been created artificially, e.g. by genetic engineering or gene editing
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
MKRN3 makorin ring finger protein 3 Oryctolagus cuniculus 12 NC_091443.1 (13381554..13387800) MKRN3 Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2025). OMIA:002920-9986: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2025 Chen, B., Ye, X., Chen, L., Liu, T., Li, G., Sa, C., Li, J., Liu, K., Gu, W., Wang, G. :
A novel model of central precocious puberty disease: Paternal MKRN3 gene-modified rabbit. Animal Model Exp Med , 2025. Pubmed reference: 39854156. DOI: 10.1002/ame2.12544.

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  • Created by Imke Tammen2 on 29 Jan 2025