| Type | MGI:General | Description | when fed a high-fat diet for 4 months, mutants carrying the paternally-inherited deletion allele have significantly lower body fat than wild-type animals (mutant males -6.9%, mutant females -7.2% lower than wild-type) 5 month-old mutant males on regular chow diet show an insignificant trend (-3.6%) toward decreased body fat content while females show a significant decrease of 4.2% relative to wild-type; 9-month old animals on a regular chow diet significantly lower body fat content (-9% in mutant males, -5% in females) |
