vision/eye
• the optic nerve is frequently regressed in the retinas of E14.5 embryos
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• lenses are ventrally rotated and misplaced within the eyeball in E14.5 embryos with coloboma
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• 32% of E14.5 embryos that are exencephalic also have retinal/optic nerve coloboma
• the colobomas occur both bilaterally and unilaterally and result from incomplete closure of the optic fissure
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• the neuroretina is thickened in E14.5 embryos with coloboma
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nervous system
• the optic nerve is frequently regressed in the retinas of E14.5 embryos
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