mortality/aging
• die immediately after birth
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growth/size/body
• 30% reduction in body size
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nervous system
• severe reduction in the major midline forebrain crossing tracts (corpus callosum and anterior commissure)
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• thinner cortex associated with partial loss of cortical axon tracts
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respiratory system
• lungs fail to inflate properly at birth
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hematopoietic system
small thymus
(
J:76484
)
• seen at birth
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immune system
small thymus
(
J:76484
)
• seen at birth
|
adipose tissue
• newborns exhibit a reduction in subcutaneous fat in dermal tissue
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• MEF cultures are significantly impaired in their ability to undergo adipogenic conversion and to differentiate into adipocytes and instead undergo myogenic differentiation
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integument
• newborns exhibit a reduction in subcutaneous fat in dermal tissue
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endocrine/exocrine glands
small thymus
(
J:76484
)
• seen at birth
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