Analysis Tools
mortality/aging
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• mutation leads to death at all ages but especially during the neonatal period
• a few mutants survive to three or four months of age
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growth/size/body
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• dorso-ventral flattening of the skull
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• mutants are three-quarters normal size at birth
• initial growth rate is near normal but growth of mutants begin to lag
• body proportions are normal
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weight loss
(
J:13076
)
reproductive system
