skeleton
rib fusion
(
J:231654
)
• 33% of mutants show fusion of ribs in the thoracic region
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• neonates show vertebral malformations with a higher penetrance at the cervical level than at thoracic and lumber regions
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• reduction in the number of thoracic vertebrae (12 instead of 13)
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• absence of the tuberculum anterior on C6
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• some mutants only have five lumbar vertebrae instead of six
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• cervical regions show malformed neural arches
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• neonates show vertebral fusions with a higher penetrance at the cervical level than at thoracic and lumber regions
• cervical vertebra 1 and associated anterior arch of the atlas are fused to the basioccipital bone
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• neonates show the presence of a high number of homeotic transformations
• C2/C3 are anteriorly transformed
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• cervical regions show anterior homeotic transformations
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