mortality/aging
• all homozygotes die within 24 hours of birth
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skeleton
• significantly delayed formation of the calvaria at E18.5
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• at E18.5
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• complete lack of ossification of hyoid bone at E18.5
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• absence of some but not all of the ossification centers in the phalanges at E18.5
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• complete loss of the clavicle at E18.5
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• decreased femoral bone density, as shown by quantitative bone mineral parameters at E18.5
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• at E18.5
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• in femurs at E18.5
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• in femurs at E18.5
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• significantly increased trabecular separation and spacing in femurs at E18.5
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• reduced thickness of trabecula in femurs at E18.5
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• significantly reduced bone mass per tissue volume at E18.5
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• hypoplastic skeletal development at E18.5
• delayed formation of the skeleton, most notable in the calvaria
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• in vitro, E18.5 calvarial cells cultured in osteogenic medium show defective osteoblast development, as determined by the dramatic reduction in formation of bone nodules relative to wild-type controls
• alkaline phosphatase activity is significantly decreased at the time of bone nodule formation
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• severely delayed bone ossification at E18.5
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• complete lack of ossification of hyoid bone at E18.5
• absence of some but not all of the ossification centers in the phalanges at E18.5
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• significantly delayed formation of the calvaria at E18.5
• intramembranous ossification is more severely affected than endochondral ossification
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• closure of the sagittal suture is severely delayed at E18.5
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craniofacial
• significantly delayed formation of the calvaria at E18.5
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• at E18.5
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• complete lack of ossification of hyoid bone at E18.5
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limbs/digits/tail
• absence of some but not all of the ossification centers in the phalanges at E18.5
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cellular
• in vitro, E18.5 calvarial cells cultured in osteogenic medium show defective osteoblast development, as determined by the dramatic reduction in formation of bone nodules relative to wild-type controls
• alkaline phosphatase activity is significantly decreased at the time of bone nodule formation
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