behavior/neurological
• when placed on a slippery surface, mutants are unable to position their limbs properly
• mutants exhibit spastic movements
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• abnormal hindlimb extension reflexes
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muscle
• initial contact between sensory Ia afferent neurons and myotubes occurs but subsequent development of muscle spindles is impaired
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• absence of muscle spindles
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nervous system
• initial contact between sensory Ia afferent neurons and myotubes occurs but subsequent development of muscle spindles is impaired
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• absence of muscle spindles
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• synapses at neuromuscular junctions contain reduced numbers of acetylcholine receptors
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• mutants exhibit reduced synaptic transmission at neuromuscular junctions; mepc amplitudes are reduced by about 15% compared to wild-type
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