mortality/aging
• die immediately after birth most likely due to respiratory failure because diaphragms lack skeletal muscle
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growth/size/body
• body weight of newborns is decreased 30% compared to wild-type or heterozygous mice
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muscle
• complete lack of both fast and slow skeletal muscle
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respiratory system
cardiovascular system
N |
• hearts of newborns are normal in size and weight, indicating no defects in cardiac muscle
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