mortality/aging
• die within minutes of birth
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growth/size/body
• E18.5 mutants show a reduction in body mass
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muscle
• marker analysis indicates that myoblasts are present in normal muscles but they are unable to differentiate into muscle fibers
marker analysis indicates that myoblasts are present in normal muscles but they are unable to differentiate into muscle fibers
• myoblasts from neonates are unable to differentiate in vitro
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• severe muscle deficiency with almost no muscle fibers; the few fibers that are present are extremely thin and underdeveloped
• tongue, back, limb, and skeletal muscle are all affected comparably unlike in single Myog homozygous mutants
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skeleton
• the average lengths of the ossified portions of the ribs are 30% shorter than normal at E15.5, however the ribs reach the sternum
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