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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2009 May 3;45(2):346–356. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.04.251

Figure 1. Mecp2−/yBIRD male mice have reduced skeletal size compared with their wild-type littermates by P60.

Figure 1

A) Kyphotic posturing in a P60 Mecp2 null male mouse compared with B) an age-matched wild-type control. C) The average body weight of P21 and P60 wild-type and Mecp2 null male mice used for the histological and μCT evaluations in this study (n≥4). D) Skeletal preparations from P60 wild-type and Mecp2 null male mice stained with Alcian blue depicting cartilage content (blue) and Alizarin red staining mineralized tissue (red-purple).