mortality/aging
• all mice die within 5 weeks of birth
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growth/size/body
• mice exhibit a delay in ear extension relative to controls
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• at 1 month of age, mice are smaller than control littermates
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• at 1 month of age
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vision/eye
• mice exhibit a delay in eyelid opening relative to controls
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• at 1 month of age, the thyroid gland appears as a cellular mass almost devoid of follicles
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• at 1 month of age, the thyroid gland does not display the follicular structure typical of normal glands
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• at P21, many de-differentiatedthyroid follicular cells are present, unlike in control glands
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• at 1 month of age, the thyroid gland is considerably smaller than in controls
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• at 1 month of age, mice exhibit hypothyroidism associated with reduced thyroid function
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homeostasis/metabolism
• at 1 month of age, serum T4 levels are almost undetectable
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• at 1 month of age, mean serum TSH levels are increased by 4-fold relative to controls
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cellular
• at P1 and P21, mice exhibit scattered caspase-3 positive cells in the thyroid gland, unlike control littermates
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craniofacial
• mice exhibit a delay in ear extension relative to controls
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hearing/vestibular/ear
• mice exhibit a delay in ear extension relative to controls
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