Reduced body weight and food intake in Orexin-Hap1−/− mice. A, Orexin-Hap1−/− mice grew more slowly than the control (WT or heterozygous Orexin-Hap1+/−) mice during the first 100 days. The WT, Orexin-Hap1+/−, and Orexin-Hap1−/− mice were all littermates. B, greatest body weight difference between Orexin-Hap1−/− and Orexin-Hap1+/− mice was seen at the age of 2–4 weeks. Orexin-Hap1−/− mice weighed only 67% of the control mice at day 16 for males and 82% at day 19 for females. C, Orexin-Hap1−/− mice ate less than the control Orexin-Hap1+/− mice (***, p < 0.001). D, two groups (Orexin-Hap1−/− and Orexin-Hap1+/−) of mice consumed similar amounts of water. Twenty mice per group for both males and females were examined.