mortality/aging
• most homozygous mutant embryos are dead by E14.5 by heterozygous mating
• at E9.5 close to normal Mendelian ratio of homozygous mutant are alive by heterozygous mating
• small number (approximately 1.6%) of homozygous mutant embryo survive to birth
• rare live homozygous mutants breeding cause about 70% penetrance of embryonic lethal phenotype
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growth/size/body
• E9.5 live homozygous mutant embryos presented various degrees of developmental retardation with severe growth retardation
• in most cases no gross abnormalities are found in live E9.5 mutant embryos
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• rare live homozygous mutants exhibited initial postnatal growth retardation
• the initial growth retardation was overcome by the time the animals reached adulthood
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reproductive system
• among rare live homozygous mutant, both male and female mutants were subfertile
• the number of nonproductive breeding pairs were elevated in live homozygous mutants
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embryo
• E9.5 live homozygous mutant embryos presented various degrees of developmental retardation with severe growth retardation
• in most cases no gross abnormalities are found in live E9.5 mutant embryos
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• the placentas of homozygous mutant embryos were reduced in size and very compact at E9.5
• the three layers the of placenta were altered
• the severe reduction of the giant cell layer was observed
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