mortality/aging
• shorter lifespan (10.6-12.5 months) compared to controls (20.5 months)
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neoplasm
• 83.8% tumor incidence compared to 44.4% in controls
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• high frequency of hemangiosarcomas that were histologically unique compared to hemangiosarcomas found in wild-type mice
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cellular
• trisomy and tetrasomy of chromosome 6 and duplication of the mutant Met allele were observed in tumors
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