mortality/aging
• normal numbers are seen at E18.5, however only 3 survive the perinatal period and reach adulthood, indicating that a majority die around birth
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renal/urinary system
• 2/3 of mutants exhibit kidney hypoplasia
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skeleton
• double mutants exhibit an increase in the frequency and severity of axial skeletal malformations compared to the single mutants
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• 80% exhibit a bilateral pterygoquadrate element (a cartilaginous or osseous extension fusing the incus to the alisphenoid bone)
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• 3 of 4 show bilateral agenesis of the zygomatic process of the squamosal bone
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• 80% exhibit a bilateral pterygoquadrate element (a cartilaginous or osseous extension fusing the incus to the alisphenoid bone)
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• ventral extension of the cricoid cartilage; severity is not increased in the double mutant compared to single mutant
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• abnormal extensions of both anterior horns of the thyroid cartilage which are fused to the hyoid bone in all mutants
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• 100% penetrance of cervical vertebrae defects
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• 3 of 5 show C2-C3 fusion
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cardiovascular system
• low penetrance (1 of 6 mutants)
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• low penetrance of agenesis of the stapedial artery (2 of 6 mutants)
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craniofacial
• 80% exhibit a bilateral pterygoquadrate element (a cartilaginous or osseous extension fusing the incus to the alisphenoid bone)
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• 3 of 4 show bilateral agenesis of the zygomatic process of the squamosal bone
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• 80% exhibit a bilateral pterygoquadrate element (a cartilaginous or osseous extension fusing the incus to the alisphenoid bone)
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• low penetrance of the presence of a cervical thymus (1 of 6 mutants)
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• low penetrance of bilateral Harderian gland agenesis (1 of 6 mutants)
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hearing/vestibular/ear
• low penetrance of agenesis of the stapedial artery (2 of 6 mutants)
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• 80% exhibit a bilateral pterygoquadrate element (a cartilaginous or osseous extension fusing the incus to the alisphenoid bone)
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hematopoietic system
• low penetrance of the presence of a cervical thymus (1 of 6 mutants)
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immune system
• low penetrance of the presence of a cervical thymus (1 of 6 mutants)
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respiratory system
• ventral extension of the cricoid cartilage; severity is not increased in the double mutant compared to single mutant
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• abnormal extensions of both anterior horns of the thyroid cartilage which are fused to the hyoid bone in all mutants
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