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Contrary to expectations, colonic migrating motor complexes (MMCs) were absent along the whole colon of piebald lethal homozygote mice and severely impaired in heterozygote siblings. Aganglionosis was detected not only in the distal colon of piebald homozygote lethal mice (mean length: 20.4 \u00b1 2.1 mm) but also surprisingly in their heterozygote siblings (mean length: 12.4 \u00b1 1.1 mm). Unlike homozygote lethal mice, piebald heterozygotes showed no signs of megacolon. Interestingly, mRNA expression for PGP 9.5 was also dramatically reduced (by 71\u201399%) throughout the entire small and large bowel in both homozygote lethal and heterozygous littermates (by 67\u201387%). Histochemical staining confirmed a significant reduction in myenteric ganglia along the whole colon. 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