adipose tissue
• male homozygotes have higher mean total body fat as compared to the gender-matched wild-type littermates
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cardiovascular system
• ophthalmic observations found reduced mean artery-to-vein ratio in the homozygous mutant mice as compared to wild-type littermates
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growth/size/body
• male homozygotes have a higher mean total tissue mass compared to the gender-matched wild-type littermates
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vision/eye
• ophthalmic observations found reduced mean artery-to-vein ratio in the homozygous mutant mice as compared to wild-type littermates
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• reduction in thickness of external nuclear layer
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• vacuolization of external plexiorm layer
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• reduction in thickness of photoreceptor layer
• vacuolization of photoreceptor layer
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• homozygotes showed signs of retinal degeneration
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