vision/eye
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• at E16.5, mild lens epithelial elongation is observed
• at birth, lens epithelium is missing and remaining epithelial cells are abnormally elongated
• at birth, epithelial cells in the lens are lost by apoptosis
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• at birth, lens fibers are highly vacuolated and disintegrating
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• microphthalmia in adults
• however, mice are born with normal sized eyes
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