vision/eye
• iris exhibits a spongy structure with empty spaces where no tissue is detected
• iris cells are less compact than in wild-type
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• irregularities are observed in the pupil region
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• in spite of the iris hypoplasia, mice respond to light
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• corneal stroma has 30% fewer keratocytes
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• cells in the epithelial to fiber transition zone are less elongated, wider and less compact than in wild-type
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• lens shows reduced numbers of newly differentiated lens epithelium cells in the transition zone
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• retinas show papillated structures and often, the outer nuclear layer aggregates within the papillated structure
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