behavior/neurological
• when removed from cages by tails, mutants distort their body into a twisted posture, with its front legs held close to its body or rigidly extend their hind legs and initiate a flailing movement; upon release, the hind legs seem temporarily paralyzed and extend behind the body
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• sporadic involuntary movements resembling seizures are observed
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nervous system
• sporadic involuntary movements resembling seizures are observed
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cardiovascular system
• thinning and discontinuity of the basement membrane in brain capillaries
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muscle
• under mild carbon dioxide exposure (for 5 seconds), hindlegs of mutant become rigidly extended, indicating loss of muscle control
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vision/eye
• in the lens from a 7 week old mutant, the border between elongating fiber cells and the posterior lens capsule is highly irregular and the basement membrane is invaded by the projections from lens fiber cells
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cellular
• thinning and discontinuity of the basement membrane in brain capillaries
• the basement membrane of the posterior lens capsule is invaded by projections from lens fiber cells
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