muscle
• at 5 to 6 weeks, wet muscle weight is increased
• at 6 months mice have the expected double muscling
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• increased rate of myofibrillar protein synthesis per whole muscle
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growth/size/body
• some mice are very small at weaning
• however, their weights are normal at 5 to 6 weeks
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• at 6 months mice are heavier than wild-type mice
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