mortality/aging
• no homozygous mice identified after birth
• normal Mendelian distribution to E10.5
• no homozygotes with beating hearts recoverable after E10.5
• disintegration and resorption occurring by E11.5
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embryo
• vitelline and embryonic vasculature dilated and sometimes ruptured at E9.5
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• apoptotic death of tail bud derived mesoderm
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• incomplete at E9.5
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• slightly shortened anterior-posterior axis at E8.5
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• posterior trunk lacking somites at E9.5
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• at E9.5
• forelimb buds develop at E10.5
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• at E.5
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• never more than 12-13 somite pairs
• shortened posterior trunk lacking somites at E9.5
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limbs/digits/tail
• at E9.5
• forelimb buds develop at E10.5
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kinked tail
(
J:177821
)
• at E9.5
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cardiovascular system
N |
• heart present at E10.5
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• vitelline and embryonic vasculature dilated and sometimes ruptured at E9.5
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nervous system
• at E.5
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craniofacial
N |
• head structures are normally developed at E10.5
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cellular
• apoptotic death of tail bud derived mesoderm
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