mortality/aging
• lethality soon after birth
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embryo
• rostral (mature) somites display altered expression of myotomal and dermomyotomal gene markers at E10.5 and E11.5`
• somites lack most or all of the epithelial organization and although there are tissues that resemble myotome and dermomyotome, they are abnormal
• disrupted production of laminin in the dermomyotome
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skeleton
• sternum is malformed, overcalcified, and split and shows disorganized ossification
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rib fusion
(
J:104893
)
• malformations of the coccygeal vertebrae including fusion of vertebrae and irregular intervertebral spaces
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• malformations of the thoracic vertebrae including abnormal shape of neural spine and processes, fusion, and irregular intervertebral spaces
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• malformations of the cervical vertebrae including fusion of neural spine and irregular ossification centers and intervertebral spaces
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• lumbar vertebrae show split ossification centers, fusion, and irregular intervertebral spaces
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• malformations of the sacral vertebrae
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• abnormal epithelial organization of the sclerotome
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respiratory system
• alveoli contain few air spaces
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atelectasis
(
J:104893
)
• lung tissues are collapsed
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muscle
• mytome and dermomyotome fail to adapt a normal epithelial morphology
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• abnormal myotome organization
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limbs/digits/tail
• malformations of the coccygeal vertebrae including fusion of vertebrae and irregular intervertebral spaces
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kinked tail
(
J:104893
)
craniofacial
reproductive system
N |
• normal gonadal development
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