mortality/aging
• homozygous embryos failed to survive beyond E10.5
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embryo
• homozygous embryos were 20 times smaller than wild type or heterozygous litter mates
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• loss of organized neuroepithelial structures in the entire cerebral wall at E10.5
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• neural tubes were still open at E10.5 in live homozygous embryos
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growth/size/body
• homozygous embryos were 20 times smaller than wild type or heterozygous litter mates
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nervous system
• loss of organized neuroepithelial structures in the entire cerebral wall at E10.5
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• neural tubes were still open at E10.5 in live homozygous embryos
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cellular
• abnormally enlarged mitochondria with vesicular cristae in the cells cerebral wall at E10.5
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• enlarged lysosome filled with disrupted membrane structures of intracellular organelles
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• primary embryonic cells from homozygous embryos poorly proliferated in culture
• in serum-free medium, primary embryonic cells from homozygous embryos failed to survive till day 6 in culture
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• abolished CoQ synthesis resulting in accumulation of demethoxyubiquinone 9
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