mortality/aging
• a number of homozygous mutant embryos are found dead or resorbed at E9.5
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embryo
• at E9.5, homozygotes display a gastrulation defect
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• at E9.5, homozygotes exhibit a significantly reduced paraxial mesoderm
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• at E9.5, paraxial mesoderm is not organized into somites
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• at E9.5, homozygotes show absence of somite formation
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