mortality/aging
• half of mice die after birth
• defective skeletal muscle correlates with poor survival
• however, surviving mice have normal life expectancy
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respiratory system
• some mice struggle to breath at birth
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muscle
• at E18.5 without an increase in proliferation
• atrophy is observed in the diaphragm
• defective skeletal muscle correlates with poor survival
• however, the defect is unlikely to be caused by cell cycle arrest
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integument
• with additional layers of epithelium
• however, female mice are able to nurse their pups
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digestive/alimentary system
N |
• intestinal epithelium is normal
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cellular
N |
• under serum deprivation conditions, asynchronous mouse embryonic fibroblasts exhibit normal cell cycle progression and proliferation rates
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nervous system
N |
• pituitary glands exhibit no evidence of hyperplasia at 8 to 11 months
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neoplasm
endocrine/exocrine glands
• with additional layers of epithelium
• however, female mice are able to nurse their pups
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