mortality/aging
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• nearly two-thirds do not survive to adulthood
• born in approximately Mendelian ratios (21%)
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growth/size/body
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• disrupted relatively uniform spacing of sustentacular nuclei
• some areas significantly disrupted and thinner, other areas appear relatively normal
• smaller and more irregularly shaped sustentacular nuclei
• gaps and a reduction in the number of dendritic tufts at the apical surface
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• no apparent weight difference at P0
• weigh 27% less than controls at 2.5 week old
• weigh 47% less than controls at 8-19 week old
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nervous system
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• significantly smaller pituitary in size
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• increased olfactory neuronal progenitors in the neuronal and apical layer in adults mutants
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• disorganized olfactory sensory neurons
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• does not occur during early postnatal life (P0-2.5weeks), but increase as the animal ages
• increased TUNEL-positive cells in the neuronal layer of the olfactory epithelium
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• lower Glutathione S-transferase activity in mutant olfactory epithelia
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• increased TUNEL-positive cells in the neuronal layer of the olfactory epithelium
• does not occur during early postnatal life (P0-2.5weeks), but increase as the animal ages
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taste/olfaction
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• disrupted relatively uniform spacing of sustentacular nuclei
• some areas significantly disrupted and thinner, other areas appear relatively normal
• smaller and more irregularly shaped sustentacular nuclei
• gaps and a reduction in the number of dendritic tufts at the apical surface
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cellular
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• increased TUNEL-positive cells in the apical layer of the olfactory epithelium (0.3 cells/mm vs. 0/mm)
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• increased TUNEL-positive cells in the neuronal layer of the olfactory epithelium
• does not occur during early postnatal life (P0-2.5weeks), but increase as the animal ages
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endocrine/exocrine glands
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• significantly smaller pituitary in size
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respiratory system
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• disrupted relatively uniform spacing of sustentacular nuclei
• some areas significantly disrupted and thinner, other areas appear relatively normal
• smaller and more irregularly shaped sustentacular nuclei
• gaps and a reduction in the number of dendritic tufts at the apical surface
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craniofacial
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• disrupted relatively uniform spacing of sustentacular nuclei
• some areas significantly disrupted and thinner, other areas appear relatively normal
• smaller and more irregularly shaped sustentacular nuclei
• gaps and a reduction in the number of dendritic tufts at the apical surface
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