mortality/aging
• die shortly after E10.5
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growth/size/body
• some embryos are growth retarded
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• seen in some embryos by E9.5
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embryo
• some homozygotes fail to curve the posterior body
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• some embryos are growth retarded
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• some mutants exhibit a kinked neural tube at the 5th-6th somite
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• some mutants exhibit a discontinuous notochord at E9.5
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• reduced number of somite pairs at E9.5
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nervous system
• some mutants exhibit a kinked neural tube at the 5th-6th somite
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cardiovascular system
• heart is unlooped at E10.5
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• pericardial cavity is swollen at E10.5
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