Heterozygous Pax6+/− mice are viable and fertile but have a range of eye abnormalities, such as microphthalmia, iris hypoplasia, cataracts, a thin corneal epithelium with fewer cell layers, corneal opacity, failure of the lens to separate completely from the corneal epithelium, retinal dysplasia, coloboma, and adhesions between the lens and cornea or between the iris and cornea [239]. Here, PAX6 is linked to microphthalmia.