mortality/aging
• homozygous embryos present at normal ratios at E17.5
• homozygous pups are present at birth but die within a few hours
• no homozygotes survive to day 8
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homeostasis/metabolism
respiratory system
• lungs were never fully expanded
• apoptotic cells in lungs at birth but no phagocytosis occurring
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• newborn mice unable to breathe
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nervous system
• 15% of homozygotes display brain dysmorphology
• show varying structural abnormalities
• ectopic neuronal proliferation
• apparent inflammatory respon se in the midbrain, failure to phagocytize apoptotic cells
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exencephaly
(
J:86771
)