mortality/aging
• fewer than expected homozygotes are found, lethality occurs sometime before weaning
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reproductive system
• outer dense fibers are completely disorganized
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• axonemal microtubules are completely disorganized
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• uneven thickness
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• the sperm principal piece appears to be missing the fibrous sheath
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• most (98%) sperm have a very short crooked tail
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• most (98%) sperm have a very short crooked tail
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• sperm count in the epididymides is reduced to 8% that of wild-type controls
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• elongated spermatids appear to lack flagella
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• at 8 weeks of age
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• mostly filled with cell debris and contain few sperm
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respiratory system
• tracheal motile cilia lack some outer dynein arms and contain only about 4 of them per cross section compared to 9 per cross section in wild-type controls
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• randomized left-right patterning with 6 of 22 mice showing left-sided isomerism
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• randomized left-right patterning with 8 of 22 mice showing situs inversus
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nervous system
hydrocephaly
(
J:183398
)
• starting at P4
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growth/size/body
• randomized left-right patterning with 6 of 22 mice showing left-sided isomerism
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• randomized left-right patterning with 8 of 22 mice showing situs inversus
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• at 8 weeks of age
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cellular
• tracheal motile cilia lack some outer dynein arms and contain only about 4 of them per cross section compared to 9 per cross section in wild-type controls
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• outer dense fibers are completely disorganized
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• axonemal microtubules are completely disorganized
|
• uneven thickness
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• the sperm principal piece appears to be missing the fibrous sheath
|
• most (98%) sperm have a very short crooked tail
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• most (98%) sperm have a very short crooked tail
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• sperm count in the epididymides is reduced to 8% that of wild-type controls
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• elongated spermatids appear to lack flagella
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