mortality/aging
• all herniated homozygotes die within 5-7 hours after birth, owing either to starvation or cannibalism, however 30% of homozygotes survive (those that do not develop hernia)
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growth/size/body
omphalocele
(
J:97432
)
• many homozygotes develop symptoms similar to umbilical hernia, in which the ventral wall failed to close, resulting in protrusion of the intestines and sometimes liver and other organs
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