mortality/aging
• only 1/3 of the expected number found at weaning
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growth/size/body
• smaller at E18.5
• moderate reduction in size at E14.5
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liver/biliary system
• at E14.5 even when reduction in body size is taken into account
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hematopoietic system
• accumulation of proerythroblasts at E14.5
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• decrease in the number of lineage negative c-Kit positive progenitor cells in the fetal liver at E14.5
• decrease in the hematopoietic progenitor cell 2 and hematopoietic stem cell populations at E14.5
• transplantation of fetal liver cells indicates the defects are not cell intrinsic
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• at E18.5
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immune system
• at E18.5
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