craniofacial
cleft palate
(
J:10812
)
digestive/alimentary system
cleft palate
(
J:10812
)
growth/size/body
cleft palate
(
J:10812
)
limbs/digits/tail
polydactyly
(
J:10812
)
• extra digits on the hind feet
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• appearance ranges from shortened and bent to spiraled
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mortality/aging
• 81% of mutant females expected from heterozygous x hemizygous matings do not reach adulthood compared with wild-type littermates
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• a proportion of deaths are due to cleft palate
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• although genotypes could not be confirmed, resorption sites in carrier mothers occurred more frequently than expected for a normal pregnancy suggesting some mutants die during embryogenesis
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