mortality/aging
• by E9.5 embryos begin to die likely because the heart does not form
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embryo
• ectoderm on the anterior side of the embryo appears undifferentiated and fails to form a neural tube
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• at E8.5 embryos lack all mesodermally-derived tissues including the heart and somites; little mesoderm is detected anterior to the primitive streak
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• after cells undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transition, at E7.5, majority of nascent mesodermal cells fail to migrate away from the primitive streak, resulting in deformation of the epiblast and inward collapse of the posterior side of the embryo
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• node does not form in mutants
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• somites do not form
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• at E7.5 in mutant embryos the streak never extends to the distal tip of the embryo
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• allantois is displaced anteriorly
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• an amnion can be identified but is often tortuous
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• a chorion can be identified but is often tortuous
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cardiovascular system
absent heart
(
J:56519
)
• the heart does not form
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