growth/size/body
• newborn homozygotes were smaller than normal with the small size becoming more conspicuous with age
• forelimbs and hind limbs were shortened but not deformed
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skeleton
• moderate chondrodysplasia
• growth plate most affected in the proliferating zone
• Cyclin D1 expression reduced in the proliferating zone
• poor columnar organization
• chondrocytes more rounded
• chondrocyte differentiation unaffected
• apoptosis normal
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