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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:ectopic kidney
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Accession:MP:0003600 term browser browse the term
Definition:a kidney located outside of its normal position usually due to failed migration of the ureteral bud and developing metanephric blastema to the renal fossa; the most common example of renal ectopia is a pelvic kidney; other sites of ectopic kidneys include the iliac region, the abdomen, the chest, and, in some cases, the contralateral side, referred to as crossed
Synonyms:exact_synonym: renal ectopia
 broad_synonym: Abnormal localization of kidney
 xref: HP:0000086;   HP:0100542



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  mammalian phenotype 5421
    renal/urinary system phenotype 649
      abnormal renal/urinary system morphology 279
        abnormal kidney morphology 272
          ectopic kidney 0
            pelvic kidney 0
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