hearing/vestibular/ear
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• at E17.5, 8 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (from all 4 embryos) display a severely malformed cochlea with severely malformed distal tips
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• at E17.5, 1 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant cochleae (1 of 4 embryos) coil between 1.0 and 1.25 turns, and 7 of 8 cochleae (4 of 4 embryos) coil less than 1.0 turn
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• within the semicircular canals, a narrower lumen is observed in some areas
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• at E17.5, 8 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (from all 4 embryos) display a small lateral semicircular canal
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• at E17.5, 4 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (3 of 4 embryos) display a small posterior semicircular canal while 4 of 8 (3 of 4 embryos) show a truncated posterior semicircular canal
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• at E17.5, 4 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (3 of 4 embryos) display significantly smaller posterior ampullae while 4 of 8 ears (3 of 4 embryos) lack posterior ampullae
• at E17.5, 4 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (from all 4 embryos) display significantly smaller anterior ampullae
• at E17.5, 4 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (from all 4 embryos) display significantly smaller lateral ampullae
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• at E17.5, 8 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (from all 4 embryos) display a small anterior semicircular canal
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• at E17.5, 8 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (from all 4 embryos) display a small or malformed saccula
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• at E17.5, 2 of 8 triple heterozygous mutant inner ears (1 of 4 embryos) display a truncated endolymphatic duct/sac
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