mortality/aging
• embryos die between E10.5 and E11.5 probably due to hemodynamic insufficiency resulting from severe ventral closure defects
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cardiovascular system
• the cardinal veins are significantly enlarged and engorged with nucleated red blood cells
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• observed by E10.5
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• the cardiogenic mesoderm either fails to fuse at the ventral midline, leading to cardia bifida, or forms a single linear tube that fails to
undergo looping morphogenesis
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• single linear tube fails to undergo looping morphogenesis
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• in some mutants, heart tube is abnormally short and forms a single linear tube at E9.5
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cardia bifida
(
J:50582
)
• in the majority of mutants, mesoderm does not fuse at ventral midline, resulting in cardia bifida between E9.5 and E10.5
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embryo
• severe disorganization of all ventral tissues between E9.5 and E10.5
• gut endoderm and body wall fusion at ventral midline is delayed or fails
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• embryos fail to undergo axial rotation
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• at E9.5, the anteroposterior body axis is frequently shortened in the trunk and tail region
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• by E9.5, embryos are 30% smaller than wild-type
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• kinking observed at E9.5
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• kinking observed at E9.5
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• somites are abnormally compact at E9.5
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• somites are small at E9.5
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• observed by E10.5
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• by E9.5, the allantois becomes highly vacuolated and is displaced laterally as opposed to projecting towards the chorion
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• fetal red blood cells are pooled in a single patch
• blood islands visible by E9.5 but numbers are reduced
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• at E10.5 endodermal surface is ruffled in appearance
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• the allantois fails to fuse with the chorion
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growth/size/body
• by E9.5, embryos are 30% smaller than wild-type
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• gut endoderm and body wall fusion at ventral midline is delayed or fails
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nervous system
• kinking observed at E9.5
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• kinking observed at E9.5
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exencephaly
(
J:50582
)
• observed at E9.5
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digestive/alimentary system
absent midgut
(
J:50582
)
• midgut does not develop
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