mortality/aging
• die between E8 and E10
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• homozygotes die at E10.5-E11.5 from massive brain hemorrhage; no homozygotes survive beyond E12.5
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nervous system
• at E10.5 and E11.5, homozygotes exhibit severe hemorrhage in the telencephalon and mesencephalon and segmental bleeding in areas corresponding to the VII/VIII cranial nerve complex
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• at E10.5, the neural tube shows aberrant morphology due to cellular invasion into the neural lumen
• in some cases, eversion of the neural tissue from the telencephalon to the myelencephalon is observed
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• at E10.5, homozygotes display defective neural tube closure: the cranial neural folds are elevated and approach each other medially but fail to initiate fusion
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• in some cases, the neural tube remains open on the dorsal side with a low degree of eversion of neural tissue
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• at E10.5, mutant forebrains show reduced mesenchymal cell density with less intercellular contacts and enlarged extracellular spaces
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exencephaly
(
J:63763
)
• at E10.5, homozygotes exhibit exencephaly
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• at E10.5, the spinal cord of homozygotes lacks cellular organization and displays eversion of neural tissue
• at E11.5, the density of neuroepithelial cells is reduced
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cardiovascular system
• at E10.5 and E11.5, the structure of blood vessels in everted neural tissue is highly abnormal and vascularity is reduced
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• homozygotes display abnormal vasculogenesis; however, neither defects in heart morphogenesis nor heart beat anomalies are observed
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• at E10.5 and E11.5, homozygotes exhibit severe hemorrhage in the telencephalon and mesencephalon and segmental bleeding in areas corresponding to the VII/VIII cranial nerve complex
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embryo
• at E9.5, homozygotes display an obvious developmental delay in the absence of gross abnormalities
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• at E10.5, the size of homozygous mutant embryos is ~70% that of wild-type embryos
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• at E10.5, the neural tube shows aberrant morphology due to cellular invasion into the neural lumen
• in some cases, eversion of the neural tissue from the telencephalon to the myelencephalon is observed
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• at E10.5, homozygotes display defective neural tube closure: the cranial neural folds are elevated and approach each other medially but fail to initiate fusion
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• in some cases, the neural tube remains open on the dorsal side with a low degree of eversion of neural tissue
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• at E10.5, homozygotes show abnormalities in the mesenchymal region of the forebrain and trunk: mesenchymal cell density is reduced with less intercellular contacts and enlarged extracellular spaces
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pale yolk sac
(
J:63763
)
• at E10.5, mutant yolk sac are pale due to a significant reduction in circulating erythrocytes
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hematopoietic system
• at E9.5 and E10.5, homozygotes exhibit a partial block in primitive and definitive hematopoiesis
• at E10.5, the total number of blood cells arising from mutant yolk sacs is 46-77% that of wild-type yolk sacs whereas the total number of hematopoietic progenitor cells present in mutant embryo bodies is 26-53% of wild-type
• comparison of the number of hematopoietic progenitor cells at E9.5 and E10.5 suggest a delay in hematopoiesis
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growth/size/body
• at E9.5, homozygotes display an obvious developmental delay in the absence of gross abnormalities
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• at E10.5, the size of homozygous mutant embryos is ~70% that of wild-type embryos
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integument