mortality/aging
• regular ratio of homozygotes at E9.5
• by E11.5 no mutant embryos found
• death due to cardiac failure shortly after E9.5
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cardiovascular system
• heart tube fails to loop
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embryo
• abnormalities appear by E8.25
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• first branchial arch reduced in size with a deficit in mesenchyme
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• failure of anterior neural tube to close
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nervous system
• failure of anterior neural tube to close
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• fusion of telencephalic and optic vesicles
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vision/eye
• fusion of telencephalic and optic vesicles
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craniofacial
• first branchial arch reduced in size with a deficit in mesenchyme
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