mortality/aging
• no viable homozygotes are recovered at birth
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embryo
• neural tube closure defects are seen in embryos from homozygous females
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• the chorion-placenta is smaller than normal in E9.5 embryos from homozygous females
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endocrine/exocrine glands
small testis
(
J:75938
)
• adult males have severe hypogonadism by 8 weeks of age
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reproductive system
• failure of maternal methylated gene imprinting is seen in homozygous females
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small testis
(
J:75938
)
• adult males have severe hypogonadism by 8 weeks of age
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• spermatogonia either failed to differentiate or developed into abnormal spermatocytes
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infertility
(
J:75938
)
• both sexes are sterile
• embryos from homozygous females die around E10.5
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nervous system
• neural tube closure defects are seen in embryos from homozygous females
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cellular
• failure of maternal methylated gene imprinting is seen in homozygous females
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