mortality/aging
• animals die at birth
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skeleton
• increased rib development leads to substantial rib cage formation relative to Myf5 null mice
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• animals have multiple ribs touching the sternum compared to Myf5tm1Jae homozygotes; rib formation is most extensive in distal part abutting the sternum
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• supernumerary rib structures that are either floating or linke to other ribs in anterior to posterior direction are observed
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• mutants show very few vertebral arch fusions compared to Myf5tm1Jae homozygotes
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