mortality/aging
• all but two of the founder mice are still born or die within 8 hours of birth; two founders survive to at least 3 weeks of age and one to at least 3 months of age
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growth/size/body
• seen in the one surviving female founder mouse at 3 weeks of age
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neoplasm
• by 2 months of age, papilloma-like ulcerated lesions are seen, predominantly on the dorsal surface of the tail and the ears, in the male surviving founder mouse
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preneoplasia
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J:47225
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• PCNA immunoreactivity is seen in skin lesions of the one surviving founder mouse at 3 weeks of age, indicating preneoplasia
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digestive/alimentary system
• seen in the one surviving founder mouse at 3 months of age
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vision/eye
• hyperplastic eyelid in the surviving female founder such that the eyes do not open
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integument
• marker analysis indicates severe defects in terminal differentiation of keratinocytes in the epidermis
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• progressive hair loss, predominantly on the head and back of the surviving founder mice
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• the number of normal hair follicles is decreased and they are replaced with hyperplastic hair follicle-like structures
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• seen in the founder mice that die in the perinatal period
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• seen in the surviving founders
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scaly skin
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J:47225
)
• seen in 5 founder mice that die in the perinatal period
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thick skin
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J:47225
)
• progressive thickening of the skin
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cellular
• marker analysis indicates severe defects in terminal differentiation of keratinocytes in the epidermis
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