mortality/aging
• double mutant embryos survive on average of 2 days longer than Brca1tm1Cxd single homozygous embryos
• at E10.5, all double homozygous embryos are dead or dying
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embryo
• morphologically abnormal compared to controls
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cellular
• 29% of cells contained more than 40 chromosomes and 43% of cells contained less than 40 chromosomes
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• many cells show chromosomal rearrangements such as translocations and dicentric chromosomes
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growth/size/body