mortality/aging
• homozygotes die shortly after birth
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embryo
• at E10.5 homozygotes are smaller than wild-type littermates
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• no morphologically distinct floor plate can be seen at any axial level
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growth/size/body
• at E10.5 homozygotes are smaller than wild-type littermates
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• at birth mutants display severe short-limb dwarfism
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limbs/digits/tail
oligodactyly
(
J:89228
)
• only 4 digits form
• unlike Shh null mutants no proximal-distal limb truncation is seen
• fusion between digits 3 and 4 is seen on the forelimbs
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skeleton
• reduced chondrocyte proliferation and severe short-limb dwarfism are seen
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nervous system
• no morphologically distinct floor plate can be seen at any axial level
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• at E10.5 homozygotes display holoprosencephaly
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• most v2 motor neurons are absent
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• most v2 interneurons are absent
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• most v3 interneurons are absent
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