mortality/aging
• heterozygous intercrosses generate on average only 10% affected progeny, indicative of death in utero
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• heterozygous intercrosses generate on average fewer than 15% affected progeny, indicative of death in utero
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• histology of one 4-month-old and one 6-month-old male found testicular atrophy and giant nuclei in the epididymis
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nervous system
hydrocephaly
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• mild hydrocephalus found by histology of one 4-month-old and one 6-month-old
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growth/size/body
reproductive system
• histology of one 4-month-old and one 6-month-old male found testicular atrophy and giant nuclei in the epididymis
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• homozygotes seldom breed, but they do have a normal lifespan
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limbs/digits/tail
curly tail
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behavior/neurological
head tossing
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• this phenotype ranges from mild to severe
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hearing/vestibular/ear
• moderate to severe hearing loss wsa found by ABR as early as five-and-a-half weeks of age, the earliest timepoint assessed
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• histology found otitis media in all ears assessed from 6 weeks to 6 months of age
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immune system
• histology found otitis media in all ears assessed from 6 weeks to 6 months of age
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integument
• the fur, most noticeably on the rump, can grow in reverse orientation leading to an overall ruffled coat appearance
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ruffled hair
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