mortality/aging
• mice die soon after birth
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cellular
• 30% of mouse embryonic fibroblasts have abnormal nuclear morphology
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craniofacial
• flattened cranium
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• newborns and E19.5 embryos are nearly normal in size but have a flattened cranium
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nervous system
• over all reduced size
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• 21.5% smaller than controls
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• abnormal layering of cortical neurons
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• dumb bell shaped rather than round nuclei in neurons migrating out of neurospheres in culture
• asymmetric distribution of nuclear envelop proteins in neurons migrating out of neurospheres in culture
• midbrain neurons are elongated and have chromatin devoid of surrounding lamina
• cortex and midbrain with occasional neurons having dumbbell nuclei as seen in culture
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respiratory system
• lungs less mature at birth
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• fewer alveoli at birth than are found in controls
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skeleton
• flattened cranium
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growth/size/body
• newborns and E19.5 embryos are nearly normal in size but have a flattened cranium
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