mortality/aging
• homozygous mice are rarely obtained and do not survive past 4 weeks of age
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• embryos appear to develop normally up to E18.5 and are obtained at the expected Mendelian ratio, however live births are very rare (less than 5% of the expected number)
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growth/size/body
• severe growth retardation
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embryo
• fetal liver erythropoiesis at E11.5 and E12.5 shows altered proportions of the different developing erythroid populations, in particular within the mature Ter119+ compartment
• fetal livers show a modest decrease in proerythroblast abundance and an increase in presence of small terminally differentiated red cells
• early enucleating cells are more abundantly present in fetal livers while percentage of small and enucleated erythrocytes is reduced indicating a partial differentiation block at the erythroblast stage, before enucleation
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hematopoietic system
• fetal liver erythropoiesis at E11.5 and E12.5 shows altered proportions of the different developing erythroid populations, in particular within the mature Ter119+ compartment
• fetal livers show a modest decrease in proerythroblast abundance and an increase in presence of small terminally differentiated red cells
• early enucleating cells are more abundantly present in fetal livers while percentage of small and enucleated erythrocytes is reduced indicating a partial differentiation block at the erythroblast stage, before enucleation
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• reduction in the double-negative immature progenitor compartment
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• fetal livers show a modest decreased in proerythroblast abundance
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• increase in the numbers of cells in the more mature erythroblast stages (CD71+Ter119-)
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• reduction in the relative number of mature Ter119+CD71- erythrocytes
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liver/biliary system
• fetal livers show reduced total cellularity
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