cellular
• osteoblast differentiation is severely blocked and mature osteoblasts are almost completely absent in E16.5 embryo limbs
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skeleton
• osteoblast differentiation is severely blocked and mature osteoblasts are almost completely absent in E16.5 embryo limbs
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• the elbow joint interzone fails to form
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• chondrocyte hypertrophy is inhibited
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• show extensive synovial joint fusions which are much more severe than in each of the single mutants
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• perichondrium is thinner
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• mineralization in the long bones is more severely reduced than in single conditional Ctnnb1 mutants
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• ossification is more severely inhibited than in single conditional Ctnnb1 mutants
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craniofacial
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• exhibit normal posterior skull formation
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limbs/digits/tail
• the elbow joint interzone fails to form
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