mortality/aging
• no viable embryos at E11
• all double mutant embryos resorbed by E12.5
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embryo
• premigratory neural crest cells form normally but migratory cells are lost
• R4 derived neural crest cells migrate toward the second branchial arch and surroundings but in reduced numbers
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• first branchial arches are hypoplastic
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• second branchial arches are hypoplastic
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• reduced number of cells in the head mesenchyme at E8.75 in the area from the forebrain through the anterior hindbrain
• defective epithelial-mesenchymal transition with the accumulation of excess cells in the neural plate
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• failure of neural tube closure from the forebrain to the hindbrain at E9.5
• the posterior neural tube is closed
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• r1, r2, and r3 specification is impaired as indicated by expression of genetic markers
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craniofacial
• first branchial arches are hypoplastic
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• second branchial arches are hypoplastic
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• reduced eye and frontonasal region of the head at E9.5
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nervous system
N |
• cranial nerve ganglia IX and X are normal
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• reduced development of the forebrain
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• expanded hindbrain at the expense of the forebrain and midbrain
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• reduced development of the midbrain
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• failure of neural tube closure from the forebrain to the hindbrain at E9.5
• the posterior neural tube is closed
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• preotic sulcus and otic sulcus absent at E8.5
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• r1, r2, and r3 specification is impaired as indicated by expression of genetic markers
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• hypoplastic
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• missing
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limbs/digits/tail
cellular
• premigratory neural crest cells form normally but migratory cells are lost
• R4 derived neural crest cells migrate toward the second branchial arch and surroundings but in reduced numbers
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growth/size/body
• reduced eye and frontonasal region of the head at E9.5
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• reduced number of cells in the head mesenchyme at E8.75 in the area from the forebrain through the anterior hindbrain
• defective epithelial-mesenchymal transition with the accumulation of excess cells in the neural plate
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microcephaly
(
J:119939
)
• reduced head size at E9.5
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