renal/urinary system
• reduced numbers of glomeruli in both embryonic and adult kidneys
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• some adult mutants had hydronephrosis occurring unilaterally or bilaterally
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small kidney
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J:95018
)
• E13.5 and E16.5 kidneys were smaller than controls
• many adult mutants had small, abnormally shaped kidneys
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• E11.5 ureteric bud explants had abnormally thin, long ureteric stalks and fewer peripheral tips, with a range in phenotype severity
• decrease in the mean number of ureteric bud tips on the surface of E16.5 kidneys
• range of ureteric bud defects at E16.5, including extremely small kidneys with large areas devoid of ureteric tissue
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