mortality/aging
• mutants die around E10
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cardiovascular system
• ingrowths of embryonic vessels are mostly normal but many areas of collapsed vessels are seen
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• thickness of the myocardial wall is less than wild-type but greater than mice homozygous for Gja7tm2.1Kni
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• motion of the outflow tract is reduced or absent
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• a conduction block through the atrioventricular canal is present however the endocardial cushions are normal and blood flow through the atrioventricular canal is unidirectional
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embryo
• ingrowths of embryonic vessels are mostly normal but many areas of collapsed vessels are seen
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hematopoietic system
• reduced hematopoiesis is seen in moribund embryos
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nervous system
• clusters of apoptotic cells are seen in the neuroepithelium
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muscle
• thickness of the myocardial wall is less than wild-type but greater than mice homozygous for Gja7tm2.1Kni
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cellular
• clusters of apoptotic cells are seen in the neuroepithelium
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