mortality/aging
• homozygous mutants die within 1 day of birth
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hematopoietic system
• from E11.5 - E12.5 the cellularity of homozygous mutant fetal livers is about 50% that of wild-type this difference is gone by E13.5
• in culture erythroid progenitors from homozygous mutants do not increase in number and produce disproportionately more mature erythroid cells compared to cells from wild-type mice
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• myeloid lineage cells are absent from the fetal liver of homozygous mutants
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• at E12.5 fetal livers from homozygous mutants contain fewer mature erythroid cells
• by E15.5 however the number of mature erythroid cells is significantly higher in homozygous mutant fetal livers
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• B-lineage cells are absent from the fetal liver of homozygous mutants
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immune system
• myeloid lineage cells are absent from the fetal liver of homozygous mutants
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• B-lineage cells are absent from the fetal liver of homozygous mutants
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