hematopoietic system
• the hematocrit of 8 week old mice homozygous for the deletion is about 75% that of wild-type mice
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• blood of 8 week old mice homozygous for the deletion has a hemoglobin (g/dl) content about 65% that of blood from wild-type mice
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• red blood cells of 8 week old homozygous deletant mice contain only about 41% as much hemoglobin (pg) as RBCs of wild-type mice
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• the hemoglobin concentration in red blood cells from 8 week old homozygous deletant mice is about 82% that of wild-type mice
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• 8 week old homozygous deletant mice have a mean RBC volume approximately half that of wild-type mice
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• red blood cells of homozygous deletants vary in shape and size
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• the platelet count of 8 week old homozygous mutant mice is about 3.75 times that of wild-type mice
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• reticulocytes of 8 week old homozygous deletant mice contain less than half the cellular hemoglobin of those from wild-type mice
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• in blood of 8 week old homozygous deletant mice, both the absolute number and the proportion of reticulocytes are significantly elevated over those in blood of mice with at least one wild-type allele
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homeostasis/metabolism
• the erythrocyte zinc-to-iron protoporphyrin IX ratio of 8 week old homozygous deletant mice is approximately 2.7-fold that of wild-type mice
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• the liver iron content of homozygous deletant mice at 8 weeks is approximately 3-fold higher than that of wild-type mice
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liver/biliary system
• the liver iron content of homozygous deletant mice at 8 weeks is approximately 3-fold higher than that of wild-type mice
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