mortality/aging
• mutant embryos die at about E9.5
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embryo
• at E9.5, vascularization of the yolk sac is virtually absent in mutant embryos
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• at E9.5, homozygous mutant embryos are severely growth retarded
(J:83299)
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• at E8.5, mutant embryos display a markedly kinked neural tube
• however, closure of the neuropore occurs normally
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• at E8.5, mutant embryos are of normal size and appearance but somites adjacent to presomitic mesoderm are fused
• five or six condensed somites of various sizes and shapes are found above the region of fused somites
• at E9.5, sagittal sections indicate misshapen somites and disorganized fused epithelium
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• at E8.5, five or six condensed somites of various sizes and shapes are found above the posterior region of fused somites
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fused somites
(
J:83299
)
• at E8.5, somites adjacent to presomitic mesoderm are fused
• at E9.5, sagittal sections indicate misshapen somites and disorganized fused epithelium
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growth/size/body
• at E9.5, homozygous mutant embryos are severely growth retarded
(J:83299)
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cardiovascular system
• at E9.5, intersomitic blood vessels are absent
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• at E9.5, large brain and intersomitic blood vessels are absent while remaining vessels appear disorganized
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• at E9.5, vascularization of the yolk sac is virtually absent in mutant embryos
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• at E8.25, the heart remains unlooped and is smaller and thinner than normal
• heart development is arrested from E8.75 to E10
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• no cardiac looping is evident at E8.25 or from E8.75 to E10
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• at E8.25, the heart is smaller and thinner than normal
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• at E9.5, mutant embryos display distended pericardial sacs
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nervous system
• at E8.5, mutant embryos display a markedly kinked neural tube
• however, closure of the neuropore occurs normally
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