behavior/neurological
• by 2 weeks of age, mutant mice exhibit a side-to-side wobble when walking; this movement often throws them off balance
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growth/size/body
• mutant mice are slightly but noticeably smaller than unaffected littermates by 2 weeks of age
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nervous system
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• a routine pathology screen of two 12 week old mutant mice identified no central nervous system (CNS) or other lesions
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