mortality/aging
• die around E10.5
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embryo
• fail to develop an organized vascular plexus at E9.5
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• fail to complete tail turning
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• at E8.5
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• modest decrease in size at E8.5
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• strikingly rotund morphology at E8.5 (length:width ratio of around 2 compared to around 3.5 in controls)
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• at E10.5 the yolk sac vasculature is engorged with blood
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cardiovascular system
• rudimentary vasculature at E9.5
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• fail to develop an organized vascular plexus at E9.5
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• fail to develop left-right heart asymmetry
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nervous system
growth/size/body
• at E8.5
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• modest decrease in size at E8.5
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