mortality/aging
• 85% died within the first 3 weeks of life
• 2-3 days before death they begin showing signs of wasting
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behavior/neurological
• grip strength is reduced compared to wild-type mice
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growth/size/body
• normal size at birth
• grew very slowly after birth
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reproductive system
• those mice reaching adulthood were fertile
• offspring from interbreeding homozygotes died within 4 days
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