cardiovascular system
• failure to form the heart tube is specific to the development of the cardiogenic mesoderm without effects on gastrulation or mesodermal migration
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• differentiated cardiomyocytes are not found in E7.5 or E8.5 embryos
• cardiac myocytes in E8.5 embryos fail to express smooth muscle actin, alpha myosin heavy chain, and alpha cardiac actin
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• the heart tube fails to form in E8.5 embryos
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absent heart
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embryo
• failure to form the heart tube is specific to the development of the cardiogenic mesoderm without effects on gastrulation or mesodermal migration
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