mortality/aging
• most die by 6 months of age
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skeleton
• develop an osteoarthritis like phenotype in multiple synovial joints including the knee, ankle and temporal-mandibular joint
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• ankles show extensive changes including swelling, stiffness, osteophytes
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• in ankles
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• in knee joints of 3.6 months old animals
• osteophytes in knee joints of 3 months to 1 year old animals
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immune system
• develop an osteoarthritis like phenotype in multiple synovial joints including the knee, ankle and temporal-mandibular joint
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homeostasis/metabolism
• in ankles
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