mortality/aging
• lethality after E9.5 but before birth
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growth/size/body
• less affected embryos are delayed in development such that E9.5 embryos resemble E8.5 embryos
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• smaller at E8.5
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embryo
• severely affected embryos show a completely abnormal body plan at E9.5
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• exhibit disorganization of the forming mesoderm at E7.5
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• exhibit deletion of the anterior structures
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• less affected embryos are delayed in development such that E9.5 embryos resemble E8.5 embryos
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• smaller at E8.5
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• the presumptive embryonic structures (containing the ectoderm) are reduced in size and appear as a sphere, linked to the proximal region by a constriction at E7.5
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• branchial arches are not seen at E9.5
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• anterior parts of the neural tube are absent, however regions of the neural tube fated to the spinal cord are present
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• the node structure is not recognized at the end of gastrulation and formation is altered as early as the early streak stage as shown by the absence or strong reduction of goosecoid expression
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• somites of less affected embryos are disorganized
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• somites of less affected embryos are irregular in shape
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• amnion is not clearly individualized, making the embryonic-extraembryonic junction difficult to delineate at E7.5
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nervous system
• anterior parts of the neural tube are absent, however regions of the neural tube fated to the spinal cord are present
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• severely affected embryos do not show the typical hindbrain morphology and no evidence of segmentation, however in less affected mutants, the hindbrain region is present
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• absence of midbrain regions by E9.5
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• deletion of forebrain neuroepithelium
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cardiovascular system
small heart
(
J:29276
)
craniofacial
• olfactory placodes are absent at E9
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• branchial arches are not seen at E9.5
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taste/olfaction
• olfactory placodes are absent at E9
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vision/eye
• optic vesicles are not seen at E9.5
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respiratory system
• olfactory placodes are absent at E9
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