mortality/aging
• seen in a mixed background, effects become more severe as the C57BL/6 component to background increased
• most died between 3 and 6 weeks of age
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• seen after extensive backcrossing to C57BL/6 when effects become more severe
• die at or before birth
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craniofacial
• seen after extensive backcrossing to C57BL/6 when effects become more severe
• ectopic arches in the occipital bone
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• seen in a mixed background, effects changed as the C57BL/6 component to background increased
• an extra bone found dorsaorostral to the atlas occasionally became fused to the exoccipital bone
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• most caudal part of the supraoccipital bone is lost
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growth/size/body
• beginning within the first week
• by the end of 2 weeks, body weight was 1/3 normal
• Background Sensitivity: seen in a mixed background, effects become more severe as the C57BL/6 component to background increased
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skeleton
• seen after extensive backcrossing to C57BL/6 when effects become more severe
• ectopic arches in the occipital bone
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• seen in a mixed background, effects changed as the C57BL/6 component to background increased
• an extra bone found dorsaorostral to the atlas occasionally became fused to the exoccipital bone
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• most caudal part of the supraoccipital bone is lost
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• rib 6 is the last to attach to the sternum
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• C7 ectopic rib becomes less common as C57BL/6 increases in genetic background
(J:79851)
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rib fusion
(
J:33159
)
• cervical rib of C7 fuses to T1
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• odontoid attaches to the atlas rather than the axis
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• T13 has the characteristics of L1
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• atlas looks much like the axis and axis has the appearance of C3
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• L6 becomes S1
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• S4 becomes caudal vertebra 1
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• additional ossification at the cranial end of the sternum
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