limbs/digits/tail
• digit 2 or 3 is absent from the forelimbs
• however, long bones are normal
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craniofacial
• cranio-skeletal defects are more significant than those seen in Gas1tm2Fan homozygotes
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• profound truncation
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• at E18.5, complete fusion of medial nasal processes
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nervous system
• floor plate cells adopt more dorsal fates, as shown by marker staining, than Gas1tm2Fan homozygotes
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• axonal projections are misrouted through the Isl1/2+ motor column
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• vp3 interneuron progenitors are reduced further compared to Gas1tm2Fan homozygotes
• pMN motorneuron progenitors are dramatically reduced although their relative dorsal position to vp3 interneuron progenitors is preserved
• however, pMN specification occurs normally
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skeleton
• profound truncation
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• partial fusion of intervertebral discs
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• reduction in the ossification centers
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respiratory system
• at E18.5, complete fusion of medial nasal processes
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growth/size/body
• at E18.5, complete fusion of medial nasal processes
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embryo
• floor plate cells adopt more dorsal fates, as shown by marker staining, than Gas1tm2Fan homozygotes
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