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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:abnormal Harderian gland pigmentation
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Accession:MP:0003798 term browser browse the term
Definition:any anomaly in the coloring of the sebaceous gland located behind the eyeball in the orbit that excretes fluid that facilitates movement of the third eyelid, due to changes in the amount, shape, or distribution of cells producing pigment
Comment:The Harderian gland does not normally exist in some types of mammals (bats, cows and horses), terrestrial carnivores, and higher primates including human.


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  mammalian phenotype 0
    pigmentation phenotype 0
      abnormal extracutaneous pigmentation 0
        abnormal Harderian gland pigmentation 0
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  mammalian phenotype 0
    endocrine/exocrine gland phenotype 0
      abnormal gland morphology 0
        abnormal exocrine gland morphology 0
          abnormal merocrine gland morphology 0
            abnormal Harderian gland morphology 0
              abnormal Harderian gland pigmentation 0
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