vision/eye
• histological analysis of the center of the cornea of 3 month old mice reveals a disorganized epithelial layer
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• lesions appear sooner than for heterozygotes
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• obvious in histological sections of the center of the cornea from mice 3 months of age
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integument
• few hair follicles are seen in dorsal skin from mice 4.5 months of age
• homozygous and heterozygous mice look similar
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acanthosis
(
J:42692
)
• histological analysis shows dorsal skin is slightly thickened at 1 week of age; clearly thickened at 1 month of age
• no accompanying loss of hair follicles is seen at these ages
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