mortality/aging
• mutation is lethal by E14.5
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pigmentation
• the retinal pigment epithelium was not formed in E10.5 or E11.5 mutants
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cardiovascular system
• abnormal heart position due to reduced ventral body wall thickness
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vision/eye
• absent lens vesicle at E10.5
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• at E9.5, the optic vesicle in the area in contact with the surface ectoderm was narrower than in heterozygotes and at E10.5, the optic vesicle did not contact the surface ectoderm and lacked a lens vesicle
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• at E11.5, mutants exhibited malformation of the rudiment retina
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• the retinal pigment epithelium was not formed in E10.5 or E11.5 mutants
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• reduced retinal progenitor cell proliferation in the dorsal side of the optic vesicle at E9.5
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growth/size/body
omphalocele
(
J:93910
)
• extruded abdominal organs with an umbilical hernia containing part of the liver
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• reduced ventral body wall thickness, with reduced cell numbers at E10.5 and reduced cell proliferation at E11.5, leading to abnormal heart position and extrusion of abdominal organs
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