mortality/aging
• no viable homozygotes after E11.5
• embryos at E11.5 display extensive apoptosis in the liver, brain, and heart
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growth/size/body
• embryos are significantly smaller than controls at E11.5
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embryo
• embryos are significantly smaller than controls at E11.5
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• fetal part of placenta is thinner and less vascularized
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• severely underdeveloped
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• few patent fetal blood vessels which fail to make proper contact with maternal blood sinuses
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• discontinuous giant trophoblast layer
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• discontinuous spongiotrophoblast layer
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cardiovascular system
• few patent fetal blood vessels which fail to make proper contact with maternal blood sinuses
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