mortality/aging
• life span after tumor development is shorter than in single Tg(Mt1-RET)304Ina hemizygotes
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neoplasm
• lung metastasis after tumor development is significantly higher than in Tg(Mt1-RET)304Ina hemizygotes
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• melanomagenesis proceeds without a pre-existing benign lesion, indicating de novo melanoma development
• location and shape of tumors is similar to those in single Tg(Mt1-RET)304Ina hemizygotes
• 68.8% of tumors less than 500 mm3 in size are malignant and the rest (31.2%) are premalignant
• 80.8% tumors from mutants are malignant and the rest are premalignant
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