mortality/aging
• death occurs at approximately E10.5 due to widespread hemorrhages
• normal appearance at E9.5, and widespread necrosis is observed at E11.5
• no defects in somitogenesis are observed
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embryo
pale yolk sac
(
J:54907
)
• a pale yolk sac is seen at E10.5
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• large blood vessels are absent from the yolk sacs
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cardiovascular system
• the vascular network in the forebrain of mutant embryos is not as well developed as in controls
• large blood vessels of the head have an abnormal appearance and a reduced diameter
• the primary vascular plexus of the yolk sac does not remodel into large blood vessels
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hemorrhage
(
J:54907
)
• widespread, including embryonic and extraembryonic tissues observed at E10.5
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