mortality/aging
• homozygous mutants die shortly after birth
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digestive/alimentary system
• a single tracheal-esophageal tube lacking any cartilaginous rings is seen
• this tube is lined with stratified squamous epithelium dorsally and columnar airway epithelium ventrally
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small stomach
(
J:98520
)
• reduced stomach size, particularly in the fore-stomach, at E12.5
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respiratory system
• a single tracheal-esophageal tube lacking any cartilaginous rings is seen
• this tube is lined with stratified squamous epithelium dorsally and columnar airway epithelium ventrally
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• branching morphogenesis is impaired with the single tracheal-esophageal tube connected to the proximal and peripheral lung structures
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• lungs are severely hypoplastic
• the anterior closed pharynx connects to a posteroir bilobed lung in which the central airway is surrounded only by rudimentary peripheral saccules
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• peripheral tubules are absent
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• the pharynx is closed anteriorly
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• the cartilaginous rings that normally surround the trachea are absent
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skeleton
• the cartilaginous rings that normally surround the trachea are absent
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