growth/size/body
• males, but not females, show a transient decrease in body weight only at 3 months of age and not at 6 weeks or 8 months
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homeostasis/metabolism
• alkaline phosphatase activity is slightly decreased in serum
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limbs/digits/tail
short femur
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J:264160
)
• females, but not males, show a transient decrease in femur length at 6 weeks and 3 months of age, but not at 8 months
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skeleton
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• although mice show minor and transient differences in some bone parameters, these are not seen systematically across all ages and genders, and in general mice are indistinguishable from controls at birth and throughout life, up to more than 8 months of age, with no obvious skeletal abnormalities or spontaneous fractures
• no alterations in bone material properties, in circulating serum markers of bone turnover, and in bone repair after surgically-induced fracture are seen
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short femur
(
J:264160
)
• females, but not males, show a transient decrease in femur length at 6 weeks and 3 months of age, but not at 8 months
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• females show a transient 25% decrease in bone volume/tissue volume (BV/TV) only at 6 weeks of age
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• females exhibit an 11% and 7% decrease in cortical bone area fraction at 6 weeks and 3 months of age, respectively
• males exhibit an approximate 10% decrease in cortical bone areal fraction at 6 weeks but not at 3 months of age
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• females exhibit an 18% and 10% decrease in cortical thickness at 6 weeks and 3 months of age, respectively
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• trabecular bone of 9 week old males shows differences in osteoid volume/bone volume (OV/BV) and osteoblast surface/osteoid surface (Ob.S/OS) parameters, suggesting higher bone rate formation activity
• however, no gross changes in bone morphometry, structure or mineralization are seen
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• females, but not males, show a transient decrease in trabecular bone volume/tissue volume ratio only at 6 weeks of age and not at 3 of 8 months
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• females exhibit a transient 24% decrease in trabecular number only at 6 weeks of age, but no changes in trabecular thickness
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• females exhibit a transient 25% increase in trabecular separation only at 6 weeks of age, but no changes in trabecular thickness
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• trabecular bone of 9 week old males shows differences in osteoid volume/bone volume (OV/BV) ratio
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