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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 pilomotor reflex
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Accession:MP:0001492 term browser browse the term
Definition:anomaly in the involuntary bristling of hairs that occurs when an organism is cold or experiences strong emotions such as fear or awe
Comment:The pilomotor reflex occurs in many mammals; for example, porcupines raise their quills when threatened. Piloerection as a response to cold or fear is vestigial in humans; as humans retain only very little body hair, the reflex (in humans) now provides no known benefit.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: abnormal piloerection response
 related_synonym: cutis anserina;   goosebumps;   horripilation



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Symbol Object Name Evidence Notes Source PubMed Reference(s) RGD Reference(s) Position
Q Bp342 Blood pressure QTL 342 IDA RGD PMID:10432379 RGD:619627 NCBI chr10:87,307,617...96,121,100 JBrowse link
Q Bp343 Blood pressure QTL 343 IDA RGD PMID:10432379 RGD:619627 NCBI chr17:31,990,784...50,909,196 JBrowse link

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  mammalian phenotype 5420
    behavior/neurological phenotype 612
      abnormal behavior 611
        abnormal sensory capabilities/reflexes/nociception 83
          abnormal reflex 51
            abnormal pilomotor reflex 3
              head/neck piloerection 0
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  mammalian phenotype 5420
    behavior/neurological phenotype 612
      abnormal behavior 611
        abnormal motor capabilities/coordination/movement 239
          abnormal involuntary movement 75
            abnormal reflex 51
              abnormal pilomotor reflex 3
                head/neck piloerection 0
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