mortality/aging
• about 20% die in utero with various degrees of neural tube opening
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craniofacial
• in some embryos
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embryo
• about 20% die in utero with various degrees of neural tube opening
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limbs/digits/tail
kinked tail
(
J:157059
)
nervous system
• about 20% die in utero with various degrees of neural tube opening
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skeleton
• in some embryos
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integument
whorled hair
(
J:157059
)
• hairs form abnormal, whorl-like patterns that spiral around a few centers on the body and the head
• on the limbs, hairs do not point distally like in control animals, but are oriented in a rosettelike
manner
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• follicles and hairs in areas located within a few millimeters from each other assume very different
orientations
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