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Increased male reproductive success in Ts65Dn "Down syndrome" mice.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Dec 2010
Moore Clara S, Hawkins Charles, Franca Arianna, Lawler Ann, Devenney Benjamin, Das Ishita, Reeves Roger H
Abstract excerpt
The Ts65Dn mouse is trisomic for orthologs of about half the genes on Hsa21. A number of phenotypes in these trisomic mice parallel those in humans with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), including cognitive deficits due to hippocampal malfunction that are sufficiently similar to human that "therapies" developed in Ts65Dn mice are making their way to human clinical trials. However, the impact of the model is limited by...
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