mortality/aging
• viable until late in gestation
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limbs/digits/tail
absent limbs
(
J:216825
)
• embryos lack limbs
• however, a presumptive hindlimb bud is present up to approximately E12.5
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reproductive system
• XY embryos exhibit complete gonadal sex reversal as evidenced by ovarian morphology and expression of ovarian markers and absence of Sertoli cell makers at E14.5
• entry of germ cells into meiosis is seen at E14.6, indicating germ cell sex-reversal
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respiratory system
• hypoplastic lungs
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