mortality/aging
• homozygous embryos display lethality around E9.5
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embryo
• some embryos isolated at E9.5 display missing or excessively large blood vessels in the yolk sac
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• some embryos isolated at E9.5 have turned but are underdeveloped, while other embryos have failed to turn despite have 20 or more somites
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• majority of homozygous embryos examined isolated at E7.5-10.5 show developmental arrest, and E10.5 show advanced stages of necrosis
• 7/27 isolated at E8.5 display morphology similar to E6-6.5 normal embryos (arrest at egg cylinder stage)
• in homozygous embryos, development of all organs is affected
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• most homozygous embryos isolated between E7.5 and E10.5 are significantly smaller than normal littermates
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• some homozygous embryos isolated at E9.5 have malformed neural folds that are ruffled and not fused
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• in some embryos isolated at E9.5, anterior neuropore has failed to close
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growth/size/body
• most homozygous embryos isolated between E7.5 and E10.5 are significantly smaller than normal littermates
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nervous system
• in some embryos isolated at E9.5, anterior neuropore has failed to close
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cardiovascular system
• some embryos isolated at E9.5 display missing or excessively large blood vessels in the yolk sac
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