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Targeted disruption of Hoxd-10 affects mouse hindlimb development.

Targeted disruption of the Hoxd-10 gene, a 5' member of the mouse HoxD linkage group, produces mice with hindlimb-specific defects in gait and adduction. To determine the underlying causes of this locomotor defect, mutant mice were examined for skeletal, muscular and neural abnormalities. Mutant mice exhibit alterations in the vertebral column and in the bones of the hindlimb. Sacral vertebrae beginning at the level of S2 exhibit homeotic transformations to adopt the morphology of the next most anterior vertebra. In the hindlimb, there is an anterior shift in the position of the patella, an occasional production of an anterior sesamoid bone, and an outward rotation of the lower part of the leg, all of which contribute to the defects in locomotion. No major alterations in hindlimb musculature were observed, but defects in the nervous system were evident. There was a decrease in the number of spinal segments projecting nerve fibers through the sacral plexus to innervate the musculature of the hindlimb. Deletion of a hindlimb nerve was seen in some animals, and a shift was evident in the position of the lumbar lateral motor column. These observations suggest a role for the Hoxd-10 gene in establishing regional identity within the spinal cord and imply that patterning of the spinal cord may have intrinsic components and is not completely imposed by the surrounding mesoderm.[1]

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  1. Targeted disruption of Hoxd-10 affects mouse hindlimb development. Carpenter, E.M., Goddard, J.M., Davis, A.P., Nguyen, T.P., Capecchi, M.R. Development (1997) [Pubmed]
 
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