skeleton
• delayed ossification is most noticeable at the extremities of phalanges
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• ossification centers not found in all metacarpals
• delayed ossification most noticeable at metacarpal extremities
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• easily distinguished from wild-type sibs as early as 6 days of age
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• truncal vertebrae are enlarged
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• partial thoracic supernumerary vertebrae with a small rib may occur
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• transverse processes are sharper and more rostrally orientated than normal
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• discs are very thin
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• abnormal proliferation at ventral and dorsal extremities, invading the vetebral bodies
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• observed in newborn mice
• evident in entire skeleton but most noticeable in fore- and hindpaws
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limbs/digits/tail
• delayed ossification is most noticeable at the extremities of phalanges
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• ossification centers not found in all metacarpals
• delayed ossification most noticeable at metacarpal extremities
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adipose tissue