mortality/aging
• embryos can be recovered as late as E11.5; no recognizable homozygous embryos can be found at E13.5
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embryo
• at E11.5, surviving embryos are one half to two thirds the size of wild-type or heterozygous embryos
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• at E11.5 cranial neural tube of mutants is still open but closes by E9 in normal embryos
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• some embryos are undergoing necrosis by E9.5, while almost all show necrosis at E11.5
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growth/size/body
• at E11.5, surviving embryos are one half to two thirds the size of wild-type or heterozygous embryos
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nervous system
• mutant forebrains display precocious neuron production in neocortex
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• at E11.5 cranial neural tube of mutants is still open but closes by E9 in normal embryos
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• in most embryos forebrain remain open at E11.5
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• at E11.5 in mutants with closed forebrains, telencephalic vesicles are not as prominent as in normal embryos
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cellular
• mutant forebrains display precocious neuron production in neocortex
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