mortality/aging
• on a predominantly C57BL/6 genetic background, homozygotes are obtained at a slightly reduced Mendelian frequency between E13.5 and E18.5 (16.37% vs expected 25%)
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• on a predominantly C57BL/6 genetic background, a significant number of homozygotes die between P0 and P7
• only about 3% of homozygotes are recovered by P21
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cardiovascular system
• at E18.5, 63.2% of homozygotes exhibit failure of the aorta to wedge between the mitral and tricuspid atrioventricular valves
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• at E18.5, aberrant origin of the right subclavian artery is noted in 11.1% of homozygotes
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• at E18.5, most homozygotes show abnormal cardiac outflow tract alignment, such as abnormal positioning of the aorta relative to the pulmonary trunk and AV valves; however, the behavior of secondary heart field cells appears unaffected
• at E18.5, only 1 of 19 mutant hearts appears grossly normal, consistent with a small number of viable "escapers"
• notably, at E10.5 (but not earlier) homozygotes show a small but significant reduction in cell proliferation in the outflow tract myocardium, in the absence of abnormal apoptosis
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• at E18.5, 26.3% of homozygotes display double outlet right ventricle
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• at E18.5, 21.1% of homozygotes display an overriding aorta
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• at E18.5, 5.26% of homozygotes display an atrial septal defect
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• at E18.5, 5.26% of homozygotes display an atrioventricular canal defect
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• at E18.5, most homozygotes show abnormal interventricular septation
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• at E18.5, ~90% of homozygotes show either a membranous ventricular septal defect (VSD), a muscular VSD, in which the septal defect traverses the muscular wall of the septum, or both
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hearing/vestibular/ear
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• surviving homozygotes exhibit normal balance and auditory brainstem responses
• in addition, homozygotes display normal otic induction and otic vesicle formation at E9.5-E10.5
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