mortality/aging
N |
• homozygotes are viable and survive to adulthood with no gross physical, behavioral or histopathological abnormalities
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behavior/neurological
• females fail to successfully raise pups to weaning age
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cellular
• litters born to homozygous females fail to thrive to weaning age
• only 9% of litters born to homozygous females successfully yield at least one pup at P21; most or all of a litter commonly die in the early postnatal period (days 0-2)
• maternal success in litter raising does not improve with increasing parity
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reproductive system
N |
• homozygotes are fertile
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endocrine/exocrine glands
N |
• mammary epithelial cells appear capable of synthesizing and secreting milk into mammary ducts; however, the nutritional content of milk and efficiency of milk ejection were not analyzed
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