mortality/aging
• mice die within 24 hours of birth
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nervous system
N |
• unlike in Rettm1Cos homozygotes, mice develop normal superior cervical ganglia
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• cultures of neural crest cells destined to colonize the bowels exhibit reduced Ret+ cell expansion compared to wild-type cultures
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• mice exhibit defective ganglion formation along the entire bowel and stomach ganglions are absent or rare unlike in wild-type mice
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renal/urinary system
cellular
• cultures of neural crest cells destined to colonize the bowels exhibit reduced Ret+ cell expansion compared to wild-type cultures
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