nervous system
• development of the pretectum was meager at E18.5 and E12.5
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• exhibited forebrain defects similar to but milder than the homozygous Emx2 heterozygous Otx2 double mutants
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• development of prethalamus and thalamus was meager at E18.5 and E12.5
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• the telencephalon was smaller, but the choroid plexus developed normally
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• the hippocampal field developed poorly at E18.5 and E12.5
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• Ammon's horn was deformed
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• great reduction in the medial pallium
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