mortality/aging
N |
• unlike mice homozygous for a null mutation, mice are viable
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vision/eye
N |
• no retinal defects are detected
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• increase in anterior chamber depth in males and females
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• delay in primary lens fiber growth at E12.5
• at E15.5 the connections between lens fiber cells and lens epithelium is partly disrupted
• decrease in prenatal lens growth
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• at 12 months of age 11 of 18 mice display faint opacities of fiber cells at the anterior pole, indicating a tendency towards age related cataract formation
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small lens
(
J:176356
)
• decrease in mean lens polar and equatorial diameters at E12.5 and E15.5
• decrease in lens thickness at 11 weeks of age in males and females
• axial length is decreased at 11 weeks of age in males and females
• phenotypes are more severe in homozygous mice compared to heterozygous mice
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• decrease in mean spatial frequency at 3 months of age
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reproductive system
N |
• unlike mice homozygous for a null mutation, no defects in sex determination are detected
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skeleton
N |
• unlike mice homozygous for a null mutation, skeletogenesis is normal
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