homeostasis/metabolism
• numbers of stained spots in intestines is not increased compared to mice without the Kras allele, but size of stained patches increases suggesting sporadic cre activation of Kras which might have a selective advantage for mutant stem cells resulting in clonal expansion and crypt fission
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neoplasm
• animals become moribund at 5 weeks of age due to high lung tumor burden
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cellular
• numbers of stained spots in intestines is not increased compared to mice without the Kras allele, but size of stained patches increases suggesting sporadic cre activation of Kras which might have a selective advantage for mutant stem cells resulting in clonal expansion and crypt fission
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respiratory system
• animals become moribund at 5 weeks of age due to high lung tumor burden
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