mortality/aging
• almost 25% of homozygotes live past P2, unlike age-matched KitlSl-gb homozygotes
• however, no homozygotes survive beyond P6
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• only 70% of the expected numbers of homozygotes are observed at P1
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hematopoietic system
• at P1, mean peripheral RBC counts are reduced to only 17% of wild-type controls, similar to mean RBC counts seen in age-matched KitlSl-gb homozygotes
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