mortality/aging
• the rare homozygous pups that are born all die shortly after birth from massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage
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• homozygous embryo numbers are Mendelian at 9.5 dpc (days post coitum), but percentage at 18 dpc is ~half of expected
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cardiovascular system
• null embryos and neonates have massive intra-abdominal hemorrhages
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skeleton
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• embryo skeletons show no ectopic calcification
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