mortality/aging
• mice do not live longer than 13 weeks
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growth/size/body
• mice remain small
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• mice become cachectic and poorly active after weaning and become extremely weak and cachectic in the last 3 weeks of life
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behavior/neurological
• when held by the tail, mice are unable to keep their posterior legs in a tonic flexion position and present repetitive jerking movements of flexion and extension
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• within 3 weeks, mice start waddling and eventually develop contractures, joint deformities and weakness
• posterior legs become immobilized and mice drag themselves
• anterior legs are affected such that mice support themselves on their elbows
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• by 2 weeks of age, mice are less active than controls
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• spontaneous breeding of homozygotes was not obtained
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muscle
• peri- and endomysial connective tissue proliferation is seen between individual muscle fibers
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• muscle shows variation in fiber size
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• mice eventually develop weakness and lose mobility control
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respiratory system
skeleton
• mice develop kyphoscoliosis
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• mice eventually develop joint deformities
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• mice eventually develop contractures
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
congenital merosin-deficient muscular dystrophy 1A | DOID:0110636 |
OMIM:607855 |
J:102806 |