growth/size/body
• homozygotes are noticably thinner and slightly smaller than their wild type littermates by 2 weeks of age
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mortality/aging
• only 30 mutants genereated out of 172 pups from heterozygous intercrosses indicates some prenatal lethality
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muscle
• histology of 2 homozygous males at 4 weeks of age found pale-staining muscle fibers in the muscles of the spine and leg
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