mortality/aging
• with continued backcrossing to C57BL/6J, most homozygous embryos die in utero; live births are rare
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homeostasis/metabolism
N |
• galactosylalkylacylglycerol (GalEAG) levels in the testis dramatically increase by 12 days of age, peak at 16 days and decrease rapidly to adult level, similar to pattern of wild-type
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• testis contain 150% of normal level of seminolipid at terminal stage of 34 days
• sphingomyelin levels are ~170% of control levels at terminal stage (34 days)
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reproductive system
N |
• testis weight of homozygotes is not decreased, even at terminal stage of 34 days
• no obvious sign of abnormal spermatogenesis is observed at 30 days
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