mortality/aging
• only 4 homozygous offspring out of 224 from heterozygous breedings (one male and 3 females)
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• only 3 out of 37 homozygous embryos found at E15
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growth/size/body
• E15 fetuses lack limbs, tail and facial features
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• surviving homozygotes show a reduced body weight over the 2 month observation period
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• significantly smaller than controls at E15
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behavior/neurological
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• behavior normal on a Morris water maze, elevated plus maze, open field test, passive and active avoidance tests
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embryo
• E15 fetuses lack limbs, tail and facial features
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