mortality/aging
• Background Sensitivity: increased survival was noted on a M. m. castaneus background in mice with a mutant allele inherited from the mother
• mutants die within a few days of birth
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homeostasis/metabolism
• gross edema was visible at birth in mice with a maternally inherited mutant allele, with a peak at 16 days gestation and declines just before and after birth
• adult survivors from a M. m. castaneus cross are not overtly edematous
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