mortality/aging
• homozygotes are present at near expected numbers at E17.5
• most homozygotes are dead within a half a day of birth
• all are dead by 1.5 days of age with no obvious pathology
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skeleton
• poor skeletal development at E14.5 and E17.5
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• short lambdoid suture at E17.5
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• flattened shape at E17.5
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• flattened shape at E17.5
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• poorly developed occipital bone
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rib fusion
(
J:169112
)
• misalignment of the spinal column
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• examples of multiple ribs attaching to one thoracic vertebrum
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• poorly formed
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• poorly formed
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• C1 to C2 fusions sometimes
• C1 to C3 fusions sometimes
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liver/biliary system
• fetal liver significantly smaller than control livers at E14.5 but not at E18.5
• two fold reduction in fetal liver cell number
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• fetal liver significantly smaller than control livers at E14.5 but not at E18.5
• two fold reduction in fetal liver cell number
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hematopoietic system
• fetal liver with significantly fewer hematopoietic colony forming units in culture at E14.5 but not at E18.5
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craniofacial
• short lambdoid suture at E17.5
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• flattened shape at E17.5
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• flattened shape at E17.5
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• poorly developed occipital bone
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