mortality/aging
• about 75% die perinatally
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cardiovascular system
• pups that die perinatally exhibit varying degrees of myocardial hypoplasia
• however, mutants that survive to adulthood, appear normal and are fertile
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• homozygotes surviving to adulthood exhibit no ventricular hypertrophy in response to pressure-overload induced by aortic constriction, indicating a complete lack of a hypertrophic response
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homeostasis/metabolism
• homozygotes surviving to adulthood exhibit no ventricular hypertrophy in response to pressure-overload induced by aortic constriction, indicating a complete lack of a hypertrophic response
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