Homozygous mutants are identifiable as young as six days of age by their elongated bodies and digits and a conical extension of the body at the base of the tail. Older mice are extremely thin and exhibit arachnodactyly, thoracic kyphosis and, often, kinks in the tail and/or sacrum. Upon necropsy, mice are found to lack normal body fat deposits. No significant craniofacial defects have been observed. Skeletal analysis demonstrated delayed endochondrial ossification, most obvious in the hind- and forepaws but affecting the entire skeleton. Retarded ossification was apparent in neonates and presumably occurs in utero.Both male and female Npr3lgj-2J/Npr3lgj-2Jmice are fertile and can breed. An earlier mutation at this locus, Npr3lgj, in the BALB/cJ inbred strain (stock number 003206) produces a similar phenotype. However, homozygous males of this stock number 003206 cannot reproduce because their more extreme spinal defect prevents them from mounting.

These mice carry a spontaneous mutation at the Npr3 locus characterized by arachnodactyly, thoracic kyphosis, a lack of normal body fat deposits, and delayed endochondrial ossification.

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