mortality/aging
• fetuses survive to about E17.5
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cardiovascular system
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• at E15.5, mutant embryos are grossly normal and display normal coronary vasculogenesis
• no ventricular wall thinning is observed
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• a common atrioventricular valve is situated between the left and right ventricles
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• blocked differentiation
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• maturation of Leydig cells was not initiated
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reproductive system
• blocked differentiation
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• maturation of Leydig cells was not initiated
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• XX mice have abnormal ovaries; details not given
• gonads of XY mice are abnormal
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• gonads have ovarian shape and location at E17.5, germ cells and vasculature present but no testicular cords
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