| Phenotype: | neural crest melanoblast mitfa expression decreased amount, abnormal |
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| Note: | This phenotype statement describes a gene expression or antibody labeling pattern. Anatomy terms are combined with a gene or antibody and phenotype quality. |
EXPRESSION ANATOMY:
| Name: | neural crest |
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| Definition: | A cell population arising from the dorsolateral aspect of the central nervous system primordium during the segmentation period, and later migrating along stereotyped pathways to give rise to a diverse and well-defined set of cell types including pigment cells, peripheral neurons and glia, and head cartilage. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000045] |
| Name: | melanoblast |
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| Synonyms: | melanoblasts |
| Definition: | A cell that originates from the neural crest and differentiates into a pigment cell. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009249] |
EXPRESSED GENE:
| Symbol: | mitfa | ||||||||||||
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| Name: | melanocyte inducing transcription factor a | ||||||||||||
| Previous Names: | Mitf2 (1), Mitf-related gene, nac, nacre, z3A.1 (1) | ||||||||||||
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| Location: | Chr: 6 Mapping Details/Browsers | ||||||||||||
EXPRESSION QUALITY:
| Name: | decreased amount |
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| Synonyms: | decreased, decreased number, present in fewer numbers in organism, reduced, subnumerary |
| Definition: | An amount which is relatively low. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001997] |