mortality/aging
• born alive but die within minutes after birth
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growth/size/body
• birth weight is about 45% of wild-type
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muscle
• reduction in number of myocytes in the three layers of the anterolateral abdominal muscle and in neck, limb, and respiratory muscles
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respiratory system
atelectasis
(
J:15108
)
• lung tissue fails to float on water, indicating that air never reached the alveoli
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• failure at birth
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skeleton
• ossification centers of cranial and facial bones appear later, after about a lag of 2 days, except for the interparietal bone, which exhibits an even longer delay of about 4 days
• developmental delay in the bones of the trunk and extremities is 1-2 days
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nervous system
• fewer oligodendrocyte progenitors develop in cultured E18.5 forebrain cells
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• increase in cell density in the brainstem
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• cellular density in the mantle zone is higher at E14.5-E18.5
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homeostasis/metabolism
integument
• hair follicles are more widely spaced than in wild-type
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• decrease in the absolute number of hair follicles
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• the strata of the epidermis (basale, spinosum, granulosum, and corneum) is extremely thin
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cellular
• fewer oligodendrocyte progenitors develop in cultured E18.5 forebrain cells
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