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    OMIA ID:1694, Group ID:977

    Taillessness.
    Phenotype in domestic cat (Felis catus).

    See the equivalent entry at the University of Sydney

    Summary

    Absence of the tail. Also called anury. Inheritance is autosomal.

    References

    • Surgical management of vertebral malformation in a Manx cat. Havlicek M, Mathis KR, Beck JA, Allan GS. J Feline Med Surg. 2009 Jun; 11(6):514-7. [PubMed:19097923]
    • Analysis of the inheritance of taillessness in the Baikuzino population of cats from Udmurtia. Zhigachev, A.I., Vladimirova, M.V. Russian Journal of Genetics. 2002; 38: 1051-1053 [not in PubMed]
    • Expressivity of the Manx gene in cats. Robinson R. J Hered. 1993 May-Jun; 84(3):170-2. [PubMed:8228170]
    • The Manx cat: an animal model for neural tube defects. Green ST, Green FA. Mater Med Pol. 1987 Oct-Dec; 19(4):219-21. [PubMed:3454827]
    • The Manx cat as an animal model for neurogenic vesical dysfunction associated with myelodysplasia: a preliminary report. Woodside JR, Dail WG, McGuire EJ, Wagner FC Jr. J Urol. 1982 Jan; 127(1):180-3. [PubMed:7057494]
    • The role of the neural tube and notochord in development of the axial skeleton of the chick. WATTERSON RL, FOWLER I, FOWLER BJ. Am J Anat. 1954 Nov; 95(3):337-99. [PubMed:14349892]
    • Congenital defects on the caudal vertebral column and spinal cord in Manx cats. Leipold HW, Huston K, Blauch B, Guffy MM. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1974 Mar 1; 164(5):520-3. [PubMed:4813411]
    • Animal model for human disease. Spina bifida, sacral dysgenesis and myelocele. Animal model: Manx cats. Kitchen H, Murray RE, Cockrell BY. Am J Pathol. 1972 Jul; 68(1):203-6. [PubMed:4562793]
    • Abnormalities of the lower spine and spinal cord in Manx cats. Tomlinson BE. J Clin Pathol. 1971 Jul; 24(5):480. [PubMed:5106390]
    • A congenital defect in the spinal cord of the Manx cat. Martin AH. Vet Pathol. 1971; 8(3):232-8. [PubMed:4950726]
    • Congenital anomalies of the lower spine and spinal cord in Manx cats. James CC, Lassman LP, Tomlinson BE. J Pathol. 1969 Feb; 97(2):269-76. [PubMed:4900931]
    • Morphological effects of the Manx factor in cats. Howell JM, Siegel PB. J Hered. 1966 May-Jun; 57(3):100-4. [PubMed:6006809]
    • THE MANX FACTOR IN DOMESTIC CATS. A POSSIBLE GENETIC BASIS FOR EXPRESSIVITY OF TAILLESSNESS AND OTHER ASSOCATED ANOMALIES. TODD NB. J Hered. 1964 Sep-Oct; 55:225-30. [PubMed:14209098]
    • The inheritance of taillessness of Manx cats. Todd, N.B. Journal of Cat Genetics. 1964; 1: 2-7 [not in PubMed]
    • INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT OF MANX AND THREE COAT COLOR MUTANTS IN DOMESTIC CAT. TODD NB. J Hered. 1963 Nov-Dec; 54:266. [PubMed:14098315]
    • PHENOTYPIC VARIABLILTY OF TAILLESSNESS IN MANX CATS. HOWELL JM, SIEGEL PB. J Hered. 1963 Jul-Aug; 54:167-9. [PubMed:14057865]
    • The inheritance of taillessness in Manx cats. Todd, N.B. Journal of Heredity. 1961; 52: 228-232 [not in PubMed]

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