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Some sir2α null animals thrive on the outbred genetic background. sir2α null animals (•) and their wild-type littermates (○) were weighed at weekly intervals. During the early postnatal development period, sir2α null animals were uniformly smaller than their littermates, but many of the null animals gained weight and eventually reached sizes commensurate with those of their littermates.
