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• eight ribs, instead of nine, were attached to the sternum
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• exhibited alleviated vertebral defects compared to homozygous Acvr2b mutants
• transformation of the 23rd vertebra to the 16th thoracic vertebra (as seen in homozygous Acvr2b mutants) was incomplete
• vertebra 29 of most mutants was transformed to the first sacral vertebra instead to the 6th lumbar vertebra (as seen in homozygous Acvr2b mutants)
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