mortality/aging
• increased mortality starting about day 14
• 80% dead by day 28
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behavior/neurological
growth/size/body
• although indistinguishable from wild-type at birth, homozygotes grew more slowly
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reproductive system
infertility
(
J:87443
)
• of the less than 20% who survived to adulthood, all were infertile
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nervous system
• dendritic growth and branching compromised by day 7
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• dendritic length reduced 50-80% in hippocampal CA3 neurons
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• cortex is reduced in size
• dendritic length reduced 50-80% in cortical layer 5
• dendritic branching in cortical neurons is reduced
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