limbs/digits/tail
• widely expanded digits
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• all the first phalanges are shorter and thicker than in wild-type mice
• digit I and II of the metatarsal bone is shorter, thicker and curved compared to in wild-type mice
• the proximal phalanx of digit II is thinner than in wild-type mice
• the middle phalanx of digit II is bent proximally
• the space between digits IV and V is larger than in wild-type mice
• however, the digital phalanx (tip) is normal
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• on digit V, especially for the metacarpal bone and medial phalanx
• more significant in the fore limbs
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• macrodactyly at birth without syndactyly or polydactyly
• digit 1 is shorter than in wild-type mice
• however, digit IV on the forelimb is normal
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clinodactyly
(
J:202217
)
• digits I, II and V are curved (proximally)
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oligodactyly
(
J:202217
)
• tip of digit I is missing
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• wider interosseous space of the fore limb
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• small, misshapen and thin
• however, total length is normal
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• small, misshapen and thin
• however, total length is normal
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• short hind limbs
• narrower interosseous space of the hind limb
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• of digit I and not connected properly to the end of the metatarsal bone
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short limbs
(
J:202217
)
• at birth
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skeleton
• all the first phalanges are shorter and thicker than in wild-type mice
• digit I and II of the metatarsal bone is shorter, thicker and curved compared to in wild-type mice
• the proximal phalanx of digit II is thinner than in wild-type mice
• the middle phalanx of digit II is bent proximally
• the space between digits IV and V is larger than in wild-type mice
• however, the digital phalanx (tip) is normal
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• on digit V, especially for the metacarpal bone and medial phalanx
• more significant in the fore limbs
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• small, misshapen and thin
• however, total length is normal
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• small, misshapen and thin
• however, total length is normal
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• of digit I and not connected properly to the end of the metatarsal bone
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• thicker joints
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