mortality/aging
• most die within a day of birth
• only account for 4.1% of mice at weaning
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behavior/neurological
• newborns display a feeding defect
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reproductive system
N |
• most females are fertile
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azoospermia
(
J:205038
)
• absence of mature spermatozoa in the epididymis
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• lack of elongating spermatids
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• increase in apoptosis in the seminiferous tubules
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• microscopic defects are near identical to those in mice homozygous for Tasp1tm1.1Jjdh
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• fewer germ cell layers are present
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• weight is 51% that of wild-type littermates
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• differentiation block with markedly reduced elongating spermatids
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• 8 of 13 males are infertile, the remaining 5 are able to sire litters
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• microscopic defects are near identical to those in mice homozygous for Tasp1tm1.1Jjdh
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• fewer germ cell layers are present
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• weight is 51% that of wild-type littermates
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cellular
azoospermia
(
J:205038
)
• absence of mature spermatozoa in the epididymis
|
• lack of elongating spermatids
|
• increase in apoptosis in the seminiferous tubules
|