mortality/aging
• homozygous mutants die around E12.5
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embryo
N |
• around E7.5, cilia present on the surface of the node are abnormal; some cilia are short while others are normal in length but have a bulge along their surface
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cardiovascular system
• mutants exhibit randomization of heart looping polarity
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limbs/digits/tail
polydactyly
(
J:100466
)
• mutants surviving to E13.5 display polydactyly of the fore- and hind-limbs
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nervous system
exencephaly
(
J:100466
)
• about 50% of homozygotes are exencephalic and lack the groove at the ventral midline of the brain
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