mortality/aging
• no live births when Cdkn1ctm1Sje is maternally inherited
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• normal numbers at E16.5
• 65% die before birth
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growth/size/body
cleft palate
(
J:52552
)
omphalocele
(
J:52552
)
digestive/alimentary system
cleft palate
(
J:52552
)
muscle
• fewer and shorter myotubes in the hind limb
• nuclei in myotubes larger and abnormal in shape
• increased apoptosis
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• severely reduced in size
• thinner
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• reduced intercostals muscles
• reduced head muscles
• body wall musculature severely reduced
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respiratory system
• distal air sacs fail to differentiate
• primitive alveoli do not develop
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• luminal space is reduced
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• luminal space is reduced
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craniofacial
cleft palate
(
J:52552
)
renal/urinary system
skeleton
• ribs join the sternum at a wider than normal angle (90o)
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short sternum
(
J:52552
)
split sternum
(
J:52552
)
• 9th rib usually
• sometimes also the 7th rib
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vision/eye
limbs/digits/tail