mortality/aging
• on a mixed 129S1/Sv and C57BL/6 or Swiss Webster background embryos are reabsorbed starting after E7.75 with a large number surviving up to E9.5
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embryo
• on E9.5 the endoderm of the yolk sac is folded and gaps are seen between the endodermal and mesodermal layers of the yolk sac in homozygous mutants
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• mature blood vessels are absent from homozygous yolk sacs on E8.5 - E9.5, however formation of the immature vascular plexus and hematopoiesis are normal
• on E8.5 - E9.5 smooth muscle cell recruitment to the vasculature is impaired in yolk sacs from homozygous mutants
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